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His mother said that all children were arsonists at heart, and if not for the lighter he’d have used matches.
“Battle of Blair Mountain, that turned into the biggest war in America ever, other than the civil one. Twenty thousand guys from all over these mountains, fighting in regiments. They wore red bandannas on their necks to show they were all on the same side, working men. Mr. Armstrong said people calling us rednecks, that goes back to the red bandannas.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“It hit me pretty hard, how there’s no kind of sad in this world that will stop it turning.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“That if they could not have a fierce joy in their struggle, then they were not truly free but governed by fear and doubt.”
― The Strange Bird: A Borne Story
― The Strange Bird: A Borne Story
“He was quiet, holding that string and kite with everything he had. The way he looked. Eyes raised up, body tethered by one long thread to the big stormy sky, the whole of him up there with his words, talking to whoever was listening. I’ve not seen a sight to match it. No bones of his had ever been shoved in a feed bag. The man was a giant.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
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