Go Find Quotes

“If we want to work, I’m gonna have to go knock on a few doors. I need to be like Jehovah’s Witnesses or the Amway lady. Who would have thought I’d have to go sell myself and my dog?”
― Susan Purvis, Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost—and Myself

“Most people who are lost can’t let themselves see that they’re lost, don’t want to hear about it or feel it. And when they deny reality, they keep themselves from learning from it, from solving the problem that’s right in front of them.”
― Susan Purvis, Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost—and Myself

“With my assistance, Tasha rolls out of the truck to plop on the damp ground. A sharp high-pitched sound of gas escapes her, resonating through the silence. My dry cheeks crack a big smile despite myself, and despite a nearly sleepless night. I grip Tasha’s leash that’s attached to her bright-red search harness. She pants heavily. The back half of her body waddles with every movement, and she resembles a sixty-pound barrel with four squat legs and a head.”
― Susan Purvis, Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost—and Myself

“Hi. My name is Sue. Have some Gu, Let me put this under you.

IF you ask anyone who has ever taken a wilderness medicine course from me, this is how they remember me. This is what we say to someone we find injured or lost in the backcountry. Introduce yourself, add sugars and insulation to the patient.”
― Susan Purvis, Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost—and Myself