James Vlasto

“If you look at it from the right point of view, lying is just good manners.”
― Gary Paulsen, Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception

“Brian looked back and for a moment felt afraid because the wolf was so... so right. He knew Brian, knew him and owned him and chose not to do anything to him. But the fear moved then, moved away,and Brian knew the wolf for what it was - another part of the woods, another part of all of it.”
― Gary Paulsen, Hatchet

“the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn’t work.”
― Gary Paulsen, Hatchet

“He had learned this: Nothing that lived, nothing that walked or crawled or flew or swam or slithered or oozed—nothing, not one thing on God’s earth wanted to die. No matter what people thought or said about chickens or fish or cattle—they all wanted to live.”
― Gary Paulsen, Brian's Winter