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Dana Stabenow is an American author known for her mystery novels. Born on March 27, 1952, she is celebrated for her series of novels set in the Alaskan wilderness.

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“Easy equation. No jobs, no people. No people, no kids. No kids, no schools. No schools, no community. No community, no jobs, and the snake eats its tail and consumes itself.”

Children Jobs Alaska Schools Alaska S Future Kate Shugak

Book:Bad Blood

Source: Bad Blood

“Why was it that the instant you sent someone a check, no matter how worthy the organization, the first thing they did was ask you for more? Irritating, and a waste of the money she had just sent them.”

Firsts Matter Asks Waste Organization Charity Worthy Checks Instant Irritating

Book:The Kate Shugak Investigation - Box Set: A Kate Shugak Investigation:

Source: The Kate Shugak Investigation - Box Set: A Kate Shugak Investigation:

“Cops never took anything on faith, and disbelieved every story that was told them on principle until and unless they could confirm that the story was fact in all its essentials, and even then remained wary and unconvinced. Cop shops bred skeptics. Skeptics cherished few illusions about human nature, and therefore were seldom disappointed.”

Humans Facts Stories Principles Human Nature Essentials Illusion Shops Disappointed Cop Law Enforcement Skeptic

Author:Dana Stabenow

“When you put four Alaskans into a room, you have five marriages, six divorces, and seven political parties.”

Political Rooms Party Five Four Six Seven Divorce Political Parties Alaskans

Author:Dana Stabenow

“That's some f***ing doorman you've got there, Ms. Shugak.”

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“We need more bodies, 'cause it's not looking enough like the last scene in Hamlet already. --Chopper Jim Chopin”

Needs Enough Body Lasts Causes Scene Choppers

Author:Dana Stabenow

“Where were they from originally? The Seabolts?" "I don't know, Idaho, Oklahoma, Iowa. One of those red-neck states with vowels on both ends." "You mean like Alaska?”

Knows Mean Ends States Red Necks Alaska Iowa Oklahoma Idaho Vowels

Book:Play with Fire

Source: Play with Fire

“To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life.”

Way Embrace Rejection

Author:Dana Stabenow

“The library is what keeps us a step ahead of the apes.”

Steps Library Apes

Author:Dana Stabenow

“If cyberspace can screw with you, it will.”

Ifs Screws Cyberspace

Author:Dana Stabenow

“Science fiction is the agent provocateur of literature.”

Literature Fiction Science Fiction Agents

Author:Dana Stabenow

“The blogosphere rewards no-holds-barred smartassery.”

Rewards

Author:Dana Stabenow

“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.”

Way Littles Moments Nice Sea Land Cancer Convinced Developing Dry Drowning Dry Land

Book:Dead in the Water

Source: Dead in the Water

“Over a third of the Newenhan population was under eighteen,which didn't make his job any easier, the hormonally challenged being terminally and all too often fatally prone to acts of stupidity.”

Jobs Easier Thirds Population Stupidity Eighteen

Book:The Kate Shugak Investigation - Box Set: A Kate Shugak Investigation:

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Born: March 27, 1952
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Quotes: 14

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