In a real situation, like when I was here before, there wer… - Gary Paulsen

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In a real situation, like when I was here before, there were things wrong — going wrong. The plane didn’t land and set me on the shore. It crashed. A man was dead. I was hurt. I didn’t know anything. Nothing at all. I was, maybe, close to death and now we’re out here going la-de-da, I’ve got a fish; la-de-da, there are some more berries.

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Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.

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Native Name: Gary James Paulsen

Alternative Names: Gari Polsen • Gary Melvin Paulsen • Paul Garrisen

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Sometimes it would be nice if life just kept happening the way it's happening, if things got to a good place and just stayed there, didn't change.

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It is all gone, all changed, all tamed and pacified and cleaned and boiled and sanitized and made healthy and politically correct."

He was not the same and would never be again like he had been. That was one of the true things, the new things. And the other one was that he would not die, he would not let death in again.

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