Alaska Quote by John McPhee

“ That's where all of us are standing now , he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins. And some of them are…

— Walter Miller

“In your books I have flung myself into the bottomless pit, performed miracles, slain, burned towns, preached new religions, conquered whole kingdoms”

— Anton Chekhov

“Though the fire and water tried to overtake me, I have come out to a place of great abundance. I know that the fires…

— Robin Bertram

“Pile up gold, heap up silver, build covered walks, fill your house with slaves and the town with debtors, unless you lay to rest…

— Plutarch

“In a rush, Joan and Timothy and the log cabin and the prayers and even those tough little pieces of beachglass came into my…

— Wendy Blackburn

“hell is boiling over. And heaven is full. We're chained to the world. And we all gotta pull. And we're all gonna be ...just…

— Tom Waits

“To mee, who with eternal Famine pine, Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven, There best, where most with ravin I might meet; Which…

— John Milton

“it’s full of the remains of those who tried to flee. Some were incinerated entirely. But others, probably overcome with smoke, escaped the worst…

— Suzanne Collins

“And if the world went to hell in a handbasket-as it seemed to be doing-you could say good-bye to everyone and retreat to your…

— Jeannette Walls

“Speak to me, fair maid! Speak and do not go! What sorrows have your eyes inlaid With such black woe? My dam is buried…

— Alison Croggon

“And Satan sighed and shook his head, played harp amongst the flames. ‘It’s Hell up there in Heaven too, for all that that is…

— Nick Cave

“Sometimes I see myself driving through hell with this wagon and selling brimstone. And sometimes I’m driving through heaven handing our provisions to wandering…

— Bertolt Brecht