Dana Stabenow

“The postmistress was a large, zaftig woman with long, grayish blond hair and a floating, floral style of dress.”

“Science fiction is the agent provocateur of literature.”

“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.”

“Three-hour layover in Seattle. If you were flying Alaska Airlines and you wanted to go to hell you had to fly through Seattle to get there.”

“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.”

“Once in a while, I like to polish my halo by taking on a case pro bono.”

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

“She raised her head again. "Aren't you supposed to come over all manly man and forbid the little lady from taking such risks with her fragile self?" "I like my balls right where they are," he said, and she laughed and put her head back down on his chest.Kate Shugak to Jim Chopin Though Not Dead”

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

“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?”

“Everything change with mine, Katya.”

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

“How come you're always so mean? --Howie Katelnikof”

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

“Suicide by Alaska.”

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

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