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> [The minute I landed back in Alaska, it was back to hip boots and fish guts. This cultural flipping wasn't easy -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/the-minute-i-landed-back-in-alaska-it-was-back-to-hip-boots-and-fish/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

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> [Most kids who grow up in Alaska and spend a fair degree of time in the wilderness, grow up being pretty self-reliant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/most-kids-who-grow-up-in-alaska-and-spend-a-fair-degree-of-time-in/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

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> [After the age of seven, I began living between my dad in Alaska and my mother in Baltimore. Every three or four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/after-the-age-of-seven-i-began-living-between-my-dad-in-alaska-and-my/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

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## Other authors on Alaska

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/john-green/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-palin-83273.jpg) Sarah Palin 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/sarah-palin/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lisa-murkowski-60696.jpg) Lisa Murkowski 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/lisa-murkowski/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-bodett-91341.jpg) Tom Bodett 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/tom-bodett/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jon-krakauer-52757.jpg) Jon Krakauer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/jon-krakauer/)
- [John Gourley 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alaska/john-gourley/)

## More by Leigh Newman

> [Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/resisting-and-avoiding-pain-sucks-energy-and-time-the-more-you-let/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [“Pain only seems scary while you're waiting for it to happen. After it does, it's just hurt and recovery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/pain-only-seems-scary-while-you-re-waiting-for-it-to-happen-after-it/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [I turned what was a wonderful case of self-reliance into a case of self-exile. Which is not uncommon, I think, in people who grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/i-turned-what-was-a-wonderful-case-of-self-reliance-into-a-case-of/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/i-wasn-t-in-a-position-that-some-other-memoirists-are-dealing-with/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [It feels like people talk a lot, in their relationships and in therapy. But my family wasn't like that. My dad wasn't and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/it-feels-like-people-talk-a-lot-in-their-relationships-and-in-therapy/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [The minute I landed back in Alaska, it was back to hip boots and fish guts. This cultural flipping wasn't easy - especially on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/the-minute-i-landed-back-in-alaska-it-was-back-to-hip-boots-and-fish/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [Often, I think that my brothers were the reason I didn't do something really stupid in my teenage years; I didn't want to disappoint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/often-i-think-that-my-brothers-were-the-reason-i-didn-t-do-something/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [My natural inclination is to think in scenes. So that's how I write, and the issue for me is usually: what to compress for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/my-natural-inclination-is-to-think-in-scenes-so-that-s-how-i-write/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [The tough thing is how to cultivate a life where the paramecium of happiness gets a lot of chances to get out and swim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/the-tough-thing-is-how-to-cultivate-a-life-where-the-paramecium-of/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [There's a kind of intimacy that happens between a mother and an only child. Which only gets more intimate when it's between a mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/there-s-a-kind-of-intimacy-that-happens-between-a-mother-and-an-only/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [My dad felt pretty strongly that I know about the basic workings of a plane and so he taught me how to read and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/my-dad-felt-pretty-strongly-that-i-know-about-the-basic-workings-of-a/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [ Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, \[Strayed\] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from readings suffering… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/penning-an-advice-column-for-the-literary-website-the-rumpus-strayed/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [After my parents divorced, my father remarried and my brothers were born when I was twelve and sixteen. I was thunderstruck at these kids.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/after-my-parents-divorced-my-father-remarried-and-my-brothers-were/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/it-s-much-harder-when-you-re-writing-about-your-life-than-when-you-re/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [“Can't lives on won't street.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/can-t-lives-on-won-t-street/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

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