Play with Fire (1995) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Kate Shugak: Former D.A. investigator
• Dinah: Add a description of this character.
• Bobby
• Jack
• Chopper Jim
• Ekaterina
• Daniel Seabolt
• Frances Sleighter
• Matthew Seabolt
• Russell Gillespie
• Fairbanks
• Mutt
• Phil
• Sally Gillespie
• Brad Burns
• Elaine
• Madame
• Monsieur
• Simon Seabolt
• Jim Chopin
• Tom Winklebleck
• Campbell
• Steve
• Dr. Higgins
• Suzy
• Glenna
• Hillel

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• “And then she thought, but I am an atom, too, my whole self is an atom. I am an atom of the earth, and the earth is an atom of the solar system, and the solar system is an atom of the Milky Way, and the Milky Way is an atom of the universe. A line from the Tennyson poem flashed through her mind and she thought with amazement, I am a part of all I have met.”

• “You don't nee religion; you have literature.”

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• “Easier than doing it yourself. Easier to know you can sin and be forgiven than to keep yourself from sinning in the first place.”

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• “any form of organized belief in God is an excuse for one person to say to another, ‘Believe as I do or you’ll go to hell, or I’ll burn you at the stake, or I’ll kill you and the horse you rode in on and everyone else who thinks like you.’”

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• “Respect. The Christian God doesn’t respect his followers enough to allow them to make their own choices, and they don’t respect Him enough to look out for them enough to stop their everlasting petitioning for help.”

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• On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.

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• There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

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• “Did you know that the King James version of the Bible has a vocabulary of only eight thousand words? In contrast to Shakespeare, who has more than thirty-two thousand?”

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• “Most of those people—not all, I admit—but most of the people who subscribe to organized religion are too lazy and or too frightened to answer the hard questions themselves, and so hand their souls over for safe-keeping to a bunch of thieves and charlatans who know more about separating fools from their money than they do about God. Any God.” He took a bite of cheeseburger. “Religion is a crutch. You lean on it long enough, you forget how to walk on your own two feet.”

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• Tennyson poem flashed through her mind and she thought with amazement, I am a part of all that I have met.

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• Our legions are brimful, our cause is ripe: The enemy increaseth every day; We, at the height, are ready to decline.

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• “W. H. Auden was right. He said in revelation is the end of reason.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Alaska
• Chistona
• Anchorage
• Tennessee
• Emaa
• Kanuyaq River
• Oklahoma
• Niniltna
• Park
• Tok
• Tanada
• D.c.
• Prudhoe Bay
• Alabama
• Washington

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by A Cold-Blooded Business , and followed by Blood Will Tell .

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Dana Stabenow (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary