

“The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.”
― The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
― The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

“Calories don’t count if they’re connected to a celebration. Everyone knows this.”
― Hard Eight
― Hard Eight

“Black bears rarely attack. But here's the thing. Sometimes they do. All bears are agile, cunning and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. If they want to kill you and eat you, they can, and pretty much whenever they want. That doesn't happen often, but - and here is the absolutely salient point - once would be enough.”
― A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
― A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

“Hunters will tell you that a moose is a wily and ferocious forest creature. Nonsense. A moose is a cow drawn by a three-year-old.”
― A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
― A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

“I was heading to Nebraska. Now there's a sentence you don't want to say too often if you can possibly help it.”
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
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