R.E. Donald > Quotes

“in order to have the freedom of living in a vast, sparsely populated territory where individualism and eccentricity were celebrated instead of frowned upon or ridiculed.”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“dozen dogs in the dog yard, each tied to their own dog house with a chain. Whoever lived in the cabin used a dog team to get around in the winter. “These your footprints, Mr. Klimmer?”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“you got?" "Garth'll show you if you get time to stop in Merritt. The load must've been pretty loose. Most of the cartons are all crushed and dented and look as if they rattled around and bounced off the walls all the way down. Those are mostly the larger cartons - computer monitors, CPU's, and cartons full of smaller boxes of parts. But there were two skids of smaller, flatter cartons, cartons containing”
― R.E. Donald, Slow Curve on the Coquihalla

“themselves”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“Hunter”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“vehicles before they could come into town for supplies. The ferry”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“ferry”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“customer”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“relationships”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World

“that as long as he kept the window cracked open, Hunter would never know.”
― R.E. Donald, Sea to Sky

“darkness. He wished it could be different for him, but even in his imagination, he couldn't see himself anything but alone. For now. The waitress breezed up to the table with a pot of coffee in her hand, and menus tucked under her elbow. "How are you all tonight?" she asked, turning over their coffee cups on the saucers with a clatter. "Just tickety boo," said Hunter, with a smile. "Just tickety boo.”
― R.E. Donald, Ice on the Grapevine

“sleeping”
― R.E. Donald, Sundown on Top of the World