"To Build a Fire" Quotes
A man in the Yukon struggles to survive the harsh wilderness and extreme cold as he attempts to build a fire.
short stories | 32 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The dog did not know anything about thermometers.
Life was warm in the mouth and the food was warm in the stomach.
The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below.
The blood was alive, like the dog, and like the dog it wanted to hide away and cover itself up from the fearful cold.
The trouble with him was that he was without imagination.
The dog had learned about fire and it wanted fire.
When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire.
But the man was not aware of his danger. He was not aware of anything.
He was a newcomer in the land, a chechaquo, and this was his first winter.
The dog came to him, got him by the hand, and tried to pull him over.
