# Quote — James Salter, Burning the Days

> I have never been able to write the story. I reach a certain point and cannot go on. The death of kings can be recited, but not of one’s child.

- Author: [James Salter](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-salter.md)
- Book: [Burning the Days](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-salter/burning-the-days.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Salter#Burning_the_Days_(1997_memoir)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-salter/burning-the-days/i-have-never