"What on earth would I do if four bears came into my camp? Why, I would die of course. Literally shit myself lifeless."
- Bill Bryson
"If it ran, a Bean would shoot it. If it fell, a Bean would eat it."
- Carolyn Chute
"If it ran, a Bean would eat it. If it fell, a Bean would eat it."
"Finally, we entered Chetaube County, my imaginary birthplace, where the names of the little winding roads and minuscule mountain communities never failed to inspire me: Yardscrabble, Big Log, Upper, M..."
- Sol Luckman
"True, beneath the human façade, I was an interloper, an alien whose ship had crashed beyond hope of repair in the backwoods of Southern Appalachia—but at least I’d learned to walk and talk enough lik..."
"Nothing else in the whole wide world matters as much as avenging your sister."
- Jason Jack Miller
"It's Coke, my man. You really think I'm going to let you pour any more alcohol into your body tonight?"
"Yeah, but a hellbender never dies. You ever see a dead one?"
"Here's how I'll tell you what I think—if you see white smoke then you know I picked a new pope. And if I'm drinking a Snapple then you know I don't give a shit."
"You are not a handgun. More like a pellet gun. Maybe even a slingshot."