--- title: "7 Black Bear Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Black Bear quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Black Bear sayings and thoughts." 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) > [We had a black bear on the 'Hunger Games' set, and that was a little scary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-hemsworth/we-had-a-black-bear-on-the-hunger-games-set-and-that-was-a-little/) [Liam Hemsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-hemsworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/liam-hemsworth-5078_bear_we-had-a-black-bear-on-the-hunger-games_374413.png) > [“He yawned like a black bear coming out of hibernation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-vickers/he-yawned-like-a-black-bear-coming-out-of-hibernation/) [Dennis Vickers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-vickers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/dennis-vickers-9116_simile_he-yawned-like-a-black-bear-coming-out-o_408165.jpg) > [“He saw that there was something alive in it, and went near enough to read a sign that said, TWO DEADLY ENEMIES.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/he-saw-that-there-was-something-alive-in-it-and-went-near-enough-to/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/flannery-o-connor-639_bear_he-saw-that-there-was-something-alive-in_726153.jpg) > [“yoga soul today. instant resonation. Spring Somewhere a black bear has just risen from sleep and is staring down the mountain. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/yoga-soul-today-instant-resonation-spring-somewhere-a-black-bear-has/) [Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/mary-oliver-570_cold-water_yoga-soul-today-instant-resonation-sprin_2000328.jpg) > [We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-are-told-that-the-black-bear-is-innocent-but-i-should-not-like-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/samuel-johnson-50_bear_we-are-told-that-the-black-bear-is-innoc_2357391.png) > [“It is as if you are the legend of the black bear come to life." Merida's breath caught in her throat. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/farrah-rochon/it-is-as-if-you-are-the-legend-of-the-black-bear-come-to-life-merida/) [Farrah Rochon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/farrah-rochon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/farrah-rochon-24886_dedication_it-is-as-if-you-are-the-legend-of-the-bl_2825336.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-bear/#itemlist", "name": "Black Bear Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "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. Waking up with several hundred mud-encrusted, reeking pounds on top of you — your neck suffering a hickey of epic proportions — just pushed the limits on what was tolerable.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cole Alpaugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-alpaugh/and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-surprise-attack-of-a-snarling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-sur_163675.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-sur_163675.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/cole-alpaugh-33101_bear_and-there-was-nothing-quite-like-the-sur_163675.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And there was nothing quite like the surprise attack of a snarling black bear, even one missing all…” — Cole Alpaugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We had a black bear on the 'Hunger Games' set, and that was a little scary.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liam Hemsworth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-hemsworth/we-had-a-black-bear-on-the-hunger-games-set-and-that-was-a-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/liam-hemsworth-5078_bear_we-had-a-black-bear-on-the-hunger-games_374413.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/liam-hemsworth-5078_bear_we-had-a-black-bear-on-the-hunger-games_374413.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/liam-hemsworth-5078_bear_we-had-a-black-bear-on-the-hunger-games_374413.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We had a black bear on the 'Hunger Games' set, and that was a little scary.” — Liam Hemsworth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He yawned like a black bear coming out of hibernation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dennis Vickers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-vickers/he-yawned-like-a-black-bear-coming-out-of-hibernation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/dennis-vickers-9116_simile_he-yawned-like-a-black-bear-coming-out-o_408165.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/dennis-vickers-9116_simile_he-yawned-like-a-black-bear-coming-out-o_408165.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/dennis-vickers-9116_simile_he-yawned-like-a-black-bear-coming-out-o_408165.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He yawned like a black bear coming out of hibernation.” — Dennis Vickers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He saw that there was something alive in it, and went near enough to read a sign that said, TWO DEADLY ENEMIES. HAVE A LOOK FREE. There was a black bear about four feet long and very thin, resting on the floor of the cage; his back was spotted with bird lime that had been shot down on him by a small chicken hawk sitting on a perch in the upper part of the same apartment. Mose of the hawk's tail was gone; the bear only had one eye.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Flannery O'Connor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/he-saw-that-there-was-something-alive-in-it-and-went-near-enough-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/flannery-o-connor-639_bear_he-saw-that-there-was-something-alive-in_726153.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/flannery-o-connor-639_bear_he-saw-that-there-was-something-alive-in_726153.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/flannery-o-connor-639_bear_he-saw-that-there-was-something-alive-in_726153.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He saw that there was something alive in it, and went near enough to read a sign that said, TWO DEADLY…” — Flannery O'Connor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“yoga soul today. instant resonation. Spring Somewhere a black bear has just risen from sleep and is staring down the mountain. All night in the brisk and shallow restlessness of early spring I think of her, her four black fists flicking the gravel, her tongue like a red fire touching the grass, the cold water. There is only one question: how to love this world. I think of her rising like a black and leafy ledge to sharpen her claws against the silence of the trees. Whatever else my life is with its poems and its music and its cities, it is also this dazzling darkness coming down the mountain, breathing and tasting; all day I think of her – her white teeth, her wordlessness, her perfect love.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/yoga-soul-today-instant-resonation-spring-somewhere-a-black-bear-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/mary-oliver-570_cold-water_yoga-soul-today-instant-resonation-sprin_2000328.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/mary-oliver-570_cold-water_yoga-soul-today-instant-resonation-sprin_2000328.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/mary-oliver-570_cold-water_yoga-soul-today-instant-resonation-sprin_2000328.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“yoga soul today. instant resonation. 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Then Elinor laughed. \"Maybe that is what we should tell those who do not believe in our legends. It may scare some into changing their ways. Make them see things from another person's perspective, as the legend proclaims.\" Merida's heart swelled at the familiar words. She realized just how much she had changed since she had eaten that cake. And not just on the outside. She was not the same girl who thought only about what she wanted, without considering her duty to protect and support her kingdom. After witnessing the way Elinor had been willing to put aside her plans to uncover the threat to MacCameron Kingdom, Merida understood how important this role was. 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