#alaska

At the moment developing a nice little inoffensive cancer somewhere on dry land seemed infinitely preferable to what she was grimly convinced was soon to be her death by drowning way too far out at sea. ↗

— Dana Stabenow

#hard-boiled #mystery #mystery-series #death

Without knowing he was going to do it, Sonny smiled right at the general and said in a loud, firm voice, "It's okay. He's my brother, sir. ↗

— Dahl Edwardson

#inspirational #surprising #inspirational

If people were rain, I would be a drizzle and she would be a hurricane. ↗

— John Green

#hurricanes #inspirational #inspirational

Alaska has great potential for new oil and gas development. ↗

— Frank Murkowski

#development #gas #great #new #oil

We've been helping you out in Alaska in considerable ways, and you're walking away from the responsibility, and we're not going to allow that. ↗

— Lisa Murkowski

#allow #away #been #considerable #going

Sometimes you loose a battle. but mischief always wins the war. ↗

— John Green

#funny #john-green #looking-for-alaska #romance #funny

The name Alaska is probably an abbreviation of Unalaska, derived from the original Aleut word agunalaksh, which means "the shores where the sea breaks its back." The war between water and land is never-ending. Waves shatter themselves in spent fury against the rocky bulwarks of the coast; giant tides eat away the sand beaches and alter the entire contour of an island overnight; williwaw winds pour down the side of a volcano like snow sliding off a roof, building to a hundred-mile velocity in a matter of minutes and churning the ocean into a maelstrom where the stoutest vessels founder. ↗

— Corey Ford

#force #nature #weather #nature

Te pasas toda la vida atorado en el laberinto, pensando en cómo vas a escapar de ahí un día y que fabuloso será; imaginar ese futuro te mantiene con vida, pero nunca te escapas. Sólo utilizas el futuro para escapar del presente. ↗

— John Green

#frases #john-green #vida

There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa. ↗

— Carol Alt

#alaska #amount #because #certain #comes

When we are true to ourselves, and follow these impulses that sweat from our compressed and broken souls we may just find the beauty, and the oh-so amazing way life can sneak up and smash us in the face! ↗

— Danielle Rohr

#danielle #denali #project #rohr #waitress