Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed to be told by the only man who could tell it.
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of the wild in towns with schools and cable TV and stores and dentists and roller rinks sometimes. It's just like anyplace else, only with mountains and moose.
I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it is - and I stay at them when I travel - I wouldn't do their commercials. That comes through on the radio, and that's what it's all about.
I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains
Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do.
Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.
From my experience in my country, America over and over again takes itself right to the brink, it puts one foot over but it never goes over. It wakes up at the last minute and says woah, and then pulls back.