Bruce Springsteen's world is where everybody did these terrible jobs, if they had jobs at all, and he wanted something better. Bobbie Ann Mason brucejobspringsteen Change image and share on social
My mother watched the skies at evening for a portent of the morrow. A cloud that went over and then turned around and came back was an especially bad sign. Bobbie Ann Mason backbadcloud Change image and share on social
Reading is so private, and it is often a reader's habit to finish a book, close the covers, and plunge into the next one without a backward glance. Bobbie Ann Mason backwardbookclose Change image and share on social
During the Cold War, workers proudly contributed to national defense, but the carelessness and haste in handling toxic waste created a nightmare of pollution for subsequent generations. Bobbie Ann Mason carelessnesscoldcontribute Change image and share on social
I never, ever talk about writing to anyone at all. Bobbie Ann Mason talkwrite Change image and share on social
Working with food was fraught with anxiety when I was a girl. Like all farmers, we were at the mercy of the weather, and we lived in fear of crop failure. Bobbie Ann Mason anxietycropfailure Change image and share on social
Because we lived only a mile outside the town of Mayfield, I was acutely conscious of being country. I felt inferior to people in town because we had to grow our food and make our clothes. Bobbie Ann Mason acutelyclotheconscious Change image and share on social
We had a cistern for water. My grandmother churned butter and made lye soap. She and my mother did the washing in a wash kettle outdoors, using a fire to heat the water. That's the way they did the wash until the 1950s. Bobbie Ann Mason 1950sbutterchurn share on social
When I was growing up on our 53-acre dairy farm, we were obsessed with food; it was the center of our lives. We planted it, grew it, harvested it, peeled it, cooked it, served it, consumed it - endlessly, day after day, season after season. Bobbie Ann Mason acrecenterconsume share on social
Physicists must feel they are in the most exciting field in the world. Their minds must be afire. Bobbie Ann Mason afireexcitfeel Change image and share on social
