Life in a small town is like an intricately plotted novel, and even though I had read every book in the public library by the time I was fourteen, I found the real people around me saying and doing far more interesting things than did the imaginary book characters.
[On social climbing:] Everything that goes up must come down. - Maxine Cheshire
[On social climbing:] Everything that goes up must come down.
- Maxine Cheshire
[To the editor of the Harlan, Kentucky, Daily Enterprise, as a kindergartener:] I know everything that goes on in this town, and if you give me a job… - Maxine Cheshire
[To the editor of the Harlan, Kentucky, Daily Enterprise, as a kindergartener:] I know everything that goes on in this town, and if you give me a job…
In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music. ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form, and as much recreation … - Maxine Cheshire
In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music. ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form, and as much recreation …
The only way to keep a secret in Washington, if you are the one person who knows it, is never to tell another living soul. - Maxine Cheshire
The only way to keep a secret in Washington, if you are the one person who knows it, is never to tell another living soul.
Life in a small town is like an intricately plotted novel, and even though I had read every book in the public library by the time I was fourteen, I … - Maxine Cheshire
Life in a small town is like an intricately plotted novel, and even though I had read every book in the public library by the time I was fourteen, I …
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