Gone to the Woods Quotes

“I got stuck in a toilet.”
― Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

“his pin money and tip in his pocket, an old pin in his hand, just in case.”
― Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

“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.”
― Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

“When it is important for me to know something, I will learn it without making noise.”
― Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

“Her way of thinking taught him, early on, to deal with problems in a really practical, simple way: If it doesn’t work Here, go over There.”
― Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

“scandalized”
― Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

“When a thing comes at you to hurt you...you've got to go right at it and hit first. Make it hurt, and after a time, the thing won't come at you to hurt you so much.”
― Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood