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I read like a wolf eats. I read myself to sleep every night.

I read like a wolf eats. I read myself to sleep every night.

Gary Paulsen
Sleep, Night, Every Night

The person who reads can bail, but the person who doesn't fails.

Gary Paulsen
Bail, Failing, Persons

Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.

Gary Paulsen
Divorce, Thinking, Car

I am happiest in the brush and by myself - whether that's the woods of northern Minnesota or the wilds of Alaska behind a dogteam, picking through the foothills of the mountains by my ranch in New Mexico on horseback, or on the ship of my sailboat on the Pacific - so I guess it made sense to me that both Brian and Samuel would find their challenges and adventures, if that's what you call them, in the woods.

Gary Paulsen
Adventure, Alaska, Challenges
"Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

He had to keep thinking of them because if he forgot them and did not think of them they might forget about him. And he had to keep hoping.

Gary Paulsen
Thinking, Might, Forget
Gary Paulsen (2009). “Hatchet”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

This is going to be murder," Fransic whispered to Mr. Trimes. "Pure murder." "I'm glad to see your confidence returning, Mr. Tucket. Just a few minutes ago you were ready to give up. Now you're talking about killing him." "I meant it the other way." "Oh.

Gary Paulsen
Giving Up, Talking, Way

Running with dogs is like dancing with winter

Gary Paulsen
Running, Dog, Winter

He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream. They had taken it all away from him now, they had turned away from him and there was nothing for him now...He was alone and there was nothing for him.

Gary Paulsen
Dream, Taken, Games

I can't rightly say where deciding to write about the American Revolution came from; I had bits and pieces of information about the war and about the country at that time that I'd collected over the years and, of course, I'm comfortable in the woods, so, finally, it just all feel into place.

Gary Paulsen
Country, War, Writing
"Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose.

Gary Paulsen
Morning, Eye, Moose
Gary Paulsen (2006). “Hatchet”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

This beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath.

Gary Paulsen
Inspirational, Funny, Beautiful
Gary Paulsen (2007). “Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats”, p.13, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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