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“The name Alaska is probably an abbreviation of Unalaska, derived from the original Aleut word agunalaksh, which means "the shores where the sea breaks its back." The war between water and land is n...”
“If you have to ask that question, you wouldn't understand the answer.”
“Theres a landoh, it beckons and beckons, And I want to go backand I will.”
“The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing.”
“She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth.""Um, okay. So what is it?""Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was talking about ...”
“Despite everything, every piece of Alaska sang to me. I remembered every curve in the trails, every tree in the forest. It was familiar to me, comfortable. The more I thought about leaving it, the ...”
“Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better this morning,' and Isben looked at her and said, 'On the contrary,' and then he died.”
“You can't just make me different and then leave”
“I have nothing against gay officers, but its time to get your shit straight an leave the drag at home.”
“Smoke rose straight up from the chimney, as if the house raised its hand. As if the house knew the answer.”
“On Friday the 13th of April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup, will fly so close to Earth, that it will dip below the altitude of our communication s...”
“I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what.”
“You Can See Russia From America!There are two small Islands in the middle of the Bering Straits that are 2.4 miles apart, and have the International Date Line running between them. The larger Islan...”
“The pigs can't stop the fox; I'm too quick,' Takumi said to himself. "I can rhyme while I run; I'm that slick.”
“AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!' he screamed.'So that's Sara,' I said.'Yes.''She seems nice.”
“When D's cabin caught fire, D was out of the country. Half the town-Christians and drinkers alike-came out to fight the fire and loot the cabin. There were individual piles of loot, and fights over...”
“Moose are the squirrels of Alaska.”
“A half-dead thing in a stark dead world, clean mad for the muck called gold.”
“How wil we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?”
“I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that mak...”
