Dennis Covington Quotes

• To say that I enjoyed writing... is like saying I enjoy having fingers and toes. It's difficult to imagine life without them.

  Dennis Covington

  Writing, Toes, Imagine

  Dennis Covington (2009). “Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia”, p.226, Da Capo Press

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• Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend.

  Dennis Covington

  Mystery, Absence

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• Knowing where you come from is one thing, but it's suicide to stay there.

  Dennis Covington

  Suicide, Knowing, Where You Come

  Dennis Covington (2009). “Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia”, p.236, Da Capo Press

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• At the heart of the impulse to tell stories is a mystery so profound.

  Dennis Covington

  Heart, Profound, Stories

  Dennis Covington (2009). “Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia”, p.174, Da Capo Press

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• An exacting account of the processes by which things fall apart. The scope is breathtaking...the clarity and lyricism of the writing itself left me with repeated gasps of recognition about the human condition. I believe it will be a classic.

  Dennis Covington

  Otoño, Creer, Escribir

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