Northwind Quotes

“That simple.
You lived or you died.
And in between the two, if you kept your mind open and aware and listened and smelled and watched...
In between you learned.”
― Gary Paulsen, Northwind

“It might get better...or it might get worse. We never know what is coming. All we know is that (things) will change—and what if it's something good that you miss because you gave up? Remember, it's only the water around your boat that counts. Everything else is just spit.”
― Gary Paulsen, Northwind

“Some things he could do—some not. There was some comfort in knowing what he could do, what he couldn't. But a danger as well—If he thought he knew too much, knew everything—he could get in trouble.”
― Gary Paulsen, Northwind

“When oxen dance in the barnyard, mice hide in their holes.”
― Gary Paulsen, Northwind

“TO VALHALLA.”
― Gary Paulsen, Northwind

“He had been ready for death, had set himself to be prepared for death.
But not for living.
And now it was time.”
― Gary Paulsen, Northwind