Quotation

I grew up in the shadow of that hill. So it's like a part of me. I mean, all of us. The Cherokee said it's evil. They called it "blood mountain" or some such thing, that it had dark powers. All I know is, it's beautiful. It changes every day. === You got no problem climbing up a barstool, but climbing up a mountain to investigate a goddamn crime? That's too much for you? === Human beings can be such different animals, Asa. No different is a bird is to a deer or a mouse to a bear or a bug. You know, we all grow older, maybe wiser, but our beings stay the same. The very first time my son went huntin' with his fa, he cried. He didn't wanna hurt the buck. Now it be fun. The kill. And that's all he sees, and nothing more beyond the bow. From what affliction he suffers? I knoweth not. If I sent him out, where could he go? He's my son. He's mine and mine alone to reckon.