Alec Wilkinson Quotes

• Someone responding to intuition, to chance and fortune, often can't explain himself well.

  Alec Wilkinson

  Often Can, Intuition, Chance

  Alec Wilkinson (2012). “The Ice Balloon”, p.20, HarperCollins UK

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• One of the reasons there are so many terms for conditions of ice is that the mariners observing it were often trapped in it, and had nothing to do except look at it.

  Alec Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Funny, Ice

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• I don’t think there is any mystery to understanding the passionate feelings people have for guns. Nobody really believes it’s about maintaining a militia. It’s about having possession of a tool that makes a person feel powerful nearly to the point of exaltation.

  Alec Wilkinson

  Powerful, Believe, Gun

  "The Dark Presence of Guns". www.newyorker.com. December 22, 2012.

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