Cold Hearted River Quotes

“Even when I was little, I was always dwelling on what I couldn't change, always worried about stuff I had no control over. It seemed like I lived half my life regretting the mistakes of the past. Dad, he'd say, 'Regret is the past crippling your chances of the present.”
― Keith McCafferty, Cold Hearted River

“She laughed softly, reached over and squeezed his hand. “I’m telling you because I can’t help who I am. I want you to want more from me than I want from you. That way I’m the one in control. But if I admit that I want more than I let on, I’m afraid of driving you away. This is me,” she said, turning toward him and pressing her breasts up against his chest, her breath in his ear, her tears wet against his cheek. “This is me, driving you away.”
― Keith McCafferty, Cold Hearted River

“snows, where the spring creeks are as smooth as glass and dimpled with rising trout. They are places where the eye follows the flight of the bluebird and the ear the song of the meadowlark, and it is so serene that you would want to die here, although death in such country seems very far away.”
― Keith McCafferty, Cold Hearted River

“As concerns the possibility that the trunk contained Hemingway treasures unrelated to piscatorial pursuits, and perhaps of far greater value, there is one way to find out. Pour a drink, light a fire, and turn the page. I have a story to tell.”
― Keith McCafferty, Cold Hearted River