He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream. They had taken it all away from him now, they had turned away from him and there was nothing for him now...He was alone and there was nothing for him.
Gary PaulsenWe make a mistake in thinking we own pets - the animals open their lives up and make us a part of them.
Gary PaulsenI am happiest in the brush and by myself - whether that's the woods of northern Minnesota or the wilds of Alaska behind a dogteam, picking through the foothills of the mountains by my ranch in New Mexico on horseback, or on the ship of my sailboat on the Pacific - so I guess it made sense to me that both Brian and Samuel would find their challenges and adventures, if that's what you call them, in the woods.
Gary PaulsenThings seemed to go back and forth between reality and imagination--except that it was all reality.
Gary Paulsen