"There was no shame, but only graciousness, sun-soaked air, and, at the last, a peace such as the moss knows in the de…"

"The high Arctic had more snow that year than anyone remembered."

"Like a revelation it came to him that it was far, far better to be an Eskimo; that these people didn't know their ars…"

"How many would die this winter? There'd be a few more babies, but far more piles of stones. The Old Ways were a trap.…"

"First there was nothing, then the nothing became blue. This was sky and it was one blue. Then it became a mixture of …"

"Four beautiful maids Were all in love with me. They said that I could have but one So I went off to sea."

"Everything about the girl was like a round of yeasty dough. It cried out to be smoothed or pressed or moulded or lift…"

"The tomahawk flickered after her like a stick-thin dwarf doing cartwheels in the air and the stone head made a cracki…"

"Surgery is speed and decision. A good surgeon saves his trembling till after he's killed the patient when it can do h…"

"Infection...is like the wind, it bloweth where it listeth."