Olive Ann Burns Quotes

United States, Writer
July 17, 1924 – July, 4, 1990.

Olive Ann Burns (July 17, 1924 – July 4, 1990) was an American writer from Georgia best known for her single completed novel, Cold Sassy Tree, published in 1984.

But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person.

Olive Ann Burns
Life is like pouring water into a Coca- Cola bottle; if you're the least bit scared you can't do it

Olive Ann Burns
- Life
- Water
- Bottles

Livin' is like pourin' water out of a tumbler into a dang Coca-Cola bottle. If'n you skeered you can't do it, you cain't. If'n you say to yourself, "By dang, I can do it!" then, by dang, you won't slosh a drop.

Olive Ann Burns
- Water
- Bottles
- Cain