How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Job was a good man who loved God, and who, no matter what bad things happened to him, refused to curse God's name and kept worshiping him. He lost his house and his servants and his family and all his sons and daughters, and still he kept believing in God's love." (23.13)
Literature takes on big meaning in the book, especially when it comes to what the Bible can teach. There's a reason Maria and Nadya constantly go back to its pages and reference its teachings: it's comforting to them, and helps them find their footing in difficult times.
Quote #5
"I know how to track. Some tracks are left in the snow, others in people's memories, others in record books. It was a different kind of hunting, but I did it in the end . I had to go back to Nome to start off. First thing I did was blow a hole in Figges's head." (29.54)
The way Wolff describes tracking people's memories is as though they are books that you can check out of a library. The only problem though, is we're pretty sure he doesn't have a borrower card—instead he just takes what he wants from people and leaves.
Quote #6
Then he saw what he had missed in the panic of finding Einar. A book. A black, leather-bound book, lying in the snow, near the tumble of matches. (33.31)
As Sig grabs the Bible, he's after something of his parents', but we'd also like to point out the fact that it's a book. Sig wishes that book could have provided the firewood that Einar needed in his final moments, but instead, Sig has a book now and no father.