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Gary Paulsen Quote: “But it was a mental thing. He had gotten depressed thinking about how they hadn’t found him yet, and when he was busy and had something to do the depression seemed to leave.”

101. “But it was a mental thing. He had gotten depressed thinking about how they hadn’t found him yet, and when he was busy and had something to do the depression seemed to leave.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Gary Paulsen – “If you work on something hard and get some success. You can get some nice rewards.”

102. “Gary Paulsen – “If you work on something hard and get some success. You can get some nice rewards.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Tomorrow. He watched the flames and smiled. Tomorrow I’ll see. All things come tomorrow.”

103. “Tomorrow. He watched the flames and smiled. Tomorrow I’ll see. All things come tomorrow.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “But there’s something really nice about spending time with a little kid. You learn so much.”

104. “But there’s something really nice about spending time with a little kid. You learn so much.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “They say nature abhors a vacuum, but it doesn’t like two take-charge personalities in the same vicinity either.”

105. “They say nature abhors a vacuum, but it doesn’t like two take-charge personalities in the same vicinity either.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “I have a friend, he thought – I have a friend now. A hungry friend, but a good one. I have a friend named fire.”

106. “I have a friend, he thought – I have a friend now. A hungry friend, but a good one. I have a friend named fire.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “I got stuck in a toilet.”

107. “I got stuck in a toilet.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “We used to have songs for everything, and nobody knows the songs anymore. There were songs for dogs, for good dogs and bad dogs, and songs to make them work or track bear. There were songs for all of everything.”

108. “We used to have songs for everything, and nobody knows the songs anymore. There were songs for dogs, for good dogs and bad dogs, and songs to make them work or track bear. There were songs for all of everything.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Fifty-four days,” Brian said. “Not quite two months. Yes – that’s me.”

109. “Fifty-four days,” Brian said. “Not quite two months. Yes – that’s me.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “He had done food.”

110. “He had done food.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Of all the dogs I have had, Fred was the closest to being actually nuclear i his capacity for destruction. None of it was done with evil intent. He was a wonderfully happy pup and adult dog – inventive and with a great sense of humor, more of which later – but he was also amazingly persistent. Once he started a project, he simply would not stop until it was done.”

111. “Of all the dogs I have had, Fred was the closest to being actually nuclear i his capacity for destruction. None of it was done with evil intent. He was a wonderfully happy pup and adult dog – inventive and with a great sense of humor, more of which later – but he was also amazingly persistent. Once he started a project, he simply would not stop until it was done.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Dad still believes that everything will always work out. I believe that nothing ever happens like you think it will. But both of us know that real life is always a million times better than anything you can imagine.”

112. “Dad still believes that everything will always work out. I believe that nothing ever happens like you think it will. But both of us know that real life is always a million times better than anything you can imagine.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “The fuel oil was too expensive so they turned the heaters down so it wasn’t burning so much of their small monthly checks and they could still afford to buy and make two meat meals a week. But the cold brought them aches and pains so they came to the library where it was warm and they sat and talked and knitted scarves and mittens to give to their children who had moved away. They turned their house heaters down and lived on their memories in the library.”

113. “The fuel oil was too expensive so they turned the heaters down so it wasn’t burning so much of their small monthly checks and they could still afford to buy and make two meat meals a week. But the cold brought them aches and pains so they came to the library where it was warm and they sat and talked and knitted scarves and mittens to give to their children who had moved away. They turned their house heaters down and lived on their memories in the library.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Hello to you too, he peed. Then he got into the canoe and slid off.”

114. “Hello to you too, he peed. Then he got into the canoe and slid off.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “He moved around, did his toilet – drawing a picture in the snow when he did – and was amazed how well the boots worked, kept his feet warm and comfortable.”

115. “He moved around, did his toilet – drawing a picture in the snow when he did – and was amazed how well the boots worked, kept his feet warm and comfortable.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “It was all new, the bond, and he wondered how he could have lived his whole life and never had this, never had this closeness with another species, with a dog. It had been a great loss. He decided he would never be without a dog again.”

116. “It was all new, the bond, and he wondered how he could have lived his whole life and never had this, never had this closeness with another species, with a dog. It had been a great loss. He decided he would never be without a dog again.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “That’s how his grandfather always talked about work – you didn’t just work so many hours or days. You worked a job to done. All the way to done. No matter how long it took.”

117. “That’s how his grandfather always talked about work – you didn’t just work so many hours or days. You worked a job to done. All the way to done. No matter how long it took.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “In some way, the dog filled a hole in his life, filled a loneliness he hadn’t even known existed, and he wondered if it had always been the same for men; if somewhere back in time in a cave a man took a wolf pup and sat him down and thought, There, my life is better now.”

118. “In some way, the dog filled a hole in his life, filled a loneliness he hadn’t even known existed, and he wondered if it had always been the same for men; if somewhere back in time in a cave a man took a wolf pup and sat him down and thought, There, my life is better now.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “I peeked out one of the garage door windows and saw Zed outside his camper, playing air guitar to the radio blasting from his pickup cab, a bag of lard-soaked, deep-fat-fried pork rinds and a six-pack of beer on the ground at his side. He chugged two cans at once, lifted his head like a wolf baying at the moon and let loose with a burp so loud it must have deafened house pets three houses over. Truly a class act.”

119. “I peeked out one of the garage door windows and saw Zed outside his camper, playing air guitar to the radio blasting from his pickup cab, a bag of lard-soaked, deep-fat-fried pork rinds and a six-pack of beer on the ground at his side. He chugged two cans at once, lifted his head like a wolf baying at the moon and let loose with a burp so loud it must have deafened house pets three houses over. Truly a class act.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Sometimes it is good to think of old things, old ways, and do the old stories when there is nothing to do but wait.”

120. “Sometimes it is good to think of old things, old ways, and do the old stories when there is nothing to do but wait.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Everyone always feels better when there’s a plan.”

121. “Everyone always feels better when there’s a plan.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “Brindled, patches of hair gone, one ear folded over ad the other standing straight and notched from fighting. He didn’t seem to be any particular breed. Just big and rangy, right on the edge of ugly, though I would come to think of him as beautiful. He was Airedale crossed with hound crossed with alligator.”

122. “Brindled, patches of hair gone, one ear folded over ad the other standing straight and notched from fighting. He didn’t seem to be any particular breed. Just big and rangy, right on the edge of ugly, though I would come to think of him as beautiful. He was Airedale crossed with hound crossed with alligator.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “He decided to stop every hour for ten minutes. Derek had told him once that that was what the military did on long marches – a ten-minute break every hour.”

123. “He decided to stop every hour for ten minutes. Derek had told him once that that was what the military did on long marches – a ten-minute break every hour.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “The difference between being smart and being really smart is looking at things in a way no one would ever expect.”

124. “The difference between being smart and being really smart is looking at things in a way no one would ever expect.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “He had not slept the night before except to doze kneeling next to Derek, and he had worked hard all day on the raft getting it ready, and when the sun went down and the darkness caught him he could not believe how much he wanted to sleep.”

125. “He had not slept the night before except to doze kneeling next to Derek, and he had worked hard all day on the raft getting it ready, and when the sun went down and the darkness caught him he could not believe how much he wanted to sleep.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “My name is Brian Robeson,’ he said. Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. ‘Would you like something to eat?”

126. “My name is Brian Robeson,’ he said. Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. ‘Would you like something to eat?”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “I would have died if not for Cookie.”

127. “I would have died if not for Cookie.”

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Gary Paulsen Quote: “A flip of some giant coin and he was the loser.”

128. “A flip of some giant coin and he was the loser.”

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