"Before the railroad's thin lines of steel bit their way up through the wilderness, Athabasca Landing was the picturesque threshold over which one must step who would enter into the mystery and adventure of the great white North."

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Source : James Oliver Curwood (2015). “The Valley of Silent Men”, p.2, Booklassic

James Oliver Curwood

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“the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.”
“I used to think that you could get to a level of success where the laws of the universe didn't apply. But they do. It's still life on life's terms, not on movie-star terms. I still have to work at relationships. I still have to work on my weight and some of my other demons.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.”
“The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When Im home, Im a pretty green fellow.”
“Tremble with awe, O men! The insults God suffered for the sake of our salvation you too must endure! God is slapped on the face by the basest of slaves (Jn. 18:22). He gives you an example of victory, yet do you refuse to undergo this at the hands of a man of like passions as yourself? You are ashamed of becoming an imitator of God (Eph. 5:1), how then will you reign with Him and share in His glory in the kingdom of heaven if you do not endure that man?”
“The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.”
“I needed sleep. Big squishy bunches of it. Soon.”

Source : Devon Monk (2010). “Magic at the Gate: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.194, Penguin
“Worry worships the words of the enemy”

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