Marynell Autry > Quotes

“A door closed in the hall. The thump of a cane on a wood floor and the rustle of skirts drew nearer till the women entered, always a wonder, how hard they were at the bone, how tender to the ones they loved.”
― Marynell Autry, Hillbilly Grit: A Novel Based on Family History

“Dora had not imagined herself a widow at thirty-one. Men died in accidents, in fights, in wars. They fell to influenza, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Rattlesnakes and copperheads. Rusty nails and gangrene.

But her husband had
gone berserk and set himself on fire.”
― Marynell Autry, Hillbilly Grit: A Novel Based on Family History

“Save a penny, a button, a prayer for hard days coming, sure as rain, certain as sin. Nail that down for true.”
― Marynell Autry, Hillbilly Grit: A Novel Based on Family History

“The horses snuffled and pawed, creaking their harness as their wintry breath streamed out to be plucked away by the lowering wind. Clouded light slipped below the tree line and the gray sky darkened to old pewter.”
― Marynell Autry, Hillbilly Grit: A Novel Based on Family History