--- title: "4 Bear Quotes By Cole Alpaugh" description: "4 Bear quotes by Cole Alpaugh. Plus more from Cole Alpaugh and more Bear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-sur_163675.jpg" --- > [“And there was nothing quite like the surprise attack of a snarling black bear, even one missing all forty-two teeth, to urge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-surprise-attack-of-a-snarling/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-sur_163675.jpg) > [“Taking a couple short backup swigs, Flint’s crippling headache started to release its grip, sort of the way he imagined an octopus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/taking-a-couple-short-backup-swigs-flint-s-crippling-headache-started/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_taking-a-couple-short-backup-swigs-flint_915544.jpg) > [“It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/it-was-a-year-ago-today-your-daughter-went-missing-bagg-had-closed/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_it-was-a-year-ago-today-your-daughter-we_1069135.jpg) > [“Gracie leaned out the back, craning her neck as far as she could around the side, trying to catch the wind in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/gracie-leaned-out-the-back-craning-her-neck-as-far-as-she-could/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_gracie-leaned-out-the-back-craning-her-n_1670131.jpg) ## Other authors on Bear ## More by Cole Alpaugh > [“And there was nothing quite like the surprise attack of a snarling black bear, even one missing all forty-two teeth, to urge someone back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-surprise-attack-of-a-snarling/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Taking a couple short backup swigs, Flint’s crippling headache started to release its grip, sort of the way he imagined an octopus would release…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/taking-a-couple-short-backup-swigs-flint-s-crippling-headache-started/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Shit, man, if you see a dog scratching at the dirt trying to dig something up, walk away real fast,” he said, then pulled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/shit-man-if-you-see-a-dog-scratching-at-the-dirt-trying-to-dig/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/it-was-a-year-ago-today-your-daughter-went-missing-bagg-had-closed/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Bearing witness from the sides of the room, ten or more lepers shouted at the bizarre scene, “Diable! Diable!” And then chants of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/bearing-witness-from-the-sides-of-the-room-ten-or-more-lepers-shouted/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Whenever I’d get howlin’ over something, he’d grab my ass up from wherever I was and head straight for the john. Momma said my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/whenever-i-d-get-howlin-over-something-he-d-grab-my-ass-up-from/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time they divorced.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/i-believe-a-family-just-isn-t-complete-without-skeletons-my-dearest/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Gracie leaned out the back, craning her neck as far as she could around the side, trying to catch the wind in her nose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/gracie-leaned-out-the-back-craning-her-neck-as-far-as-she-could/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Kids never jumped head first from the top ledge. Never. It seemed forever before Stoney came back to the surface. Most of the white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/kids-never-jumped-head-first-from-the-top-ledge-never-it-seemed/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“The two smallest boys were cut down first, bodies bounding in different directions as they were shot from opposite sides of the field, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/the-two-smallest-boys-were-cut-down-first-bodies-bounding-in/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world’s problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor’s dog who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/grandpa-said-that-we-could-solve-a-lot-of-the-world-s-problems-if-we/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Noriega wound up like a baseball pitcher on top of the bed and hurled the small gun, but was low and outside for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/noriega-wound-up-like-a-baseball-pitcher-on-top-of-the-bed-and-hurled/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“The monkey liked most humans. They left food cans outside their homes for his family to rummage through in the morning sun. Some yelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/the-monkey-liked-most-humans-they-left-food-cans-outside-their-homes/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“Limp finally spoke. “Do you think you could kill a person and not get all crazy about it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/limp-finally-spoke-do-you-think-you-could-kill-a-person-and-not-get/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) > [“And in a land accustomed to so much anguish, Chase tried to be careful with words. His soccer moms began assigning nicknames during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/and-in-a-land-accustomed-to-so-much-anguish-chase-tried-to-be-careful/) [Cole Alpaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-alpaugh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bear/cole-alpaugh/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bear Quotes By Cole Alpaugh", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And there was nothing quite like the surprise attack of a snarling black bear, even one missing all forty-two teeth, to urge someone back to work. 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