“I was wondering, ‘Why are employees lining up to get in? And then I realized, ‘Oh, those are customers.’”

— Andrew Schafer, chief marketing officer for Powell’s Books, on the company’s sale of more than 30,000 surplus books Saturday, June 1, at its warehouse in Portland, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. The line outside the warehouse grew to almost 2 miles long.

“We think this is a great way for our clients to be able to rebuild and recover from these traumatic events, and we think that this will give them the ability to start that process now.”

— George McCoy, attorney for one of the 403 plaintiffs that Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, reported June 3 that it agreed to a $178 million settlement related to the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged Oregon, according to The Associated Press.

“This was not an easy choice for me. But I also know that I have not been one to shy away from a challenge, and I think that this is going to be a challenging year in the budget cycle.”

— Sen. Kate Lieber, D-Portland, on leaving her role as Oregon Senate majority leader and stepping into the roll of budget-writing, according to OPB.

“It’s like a PR slam dunk for them, as has this story always been. It’s like that, ‘No, we’re not going to change the price. We’ve got your back.’”

— Jamie Loftus, author of “Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs,” on Costco selling its hot-dog-and-soda combo for $1.50 since it first hit menus in the mid-1980s, according to National Public Radio.

“We can’t back down from a fire just because it’s pushing 113 degrees outside. But we do keep a close eye on everybody in the field. Make sure they are keeping hydrated and taking more breaks than they normally would.”

— Tiffany Davila, spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, speaking June 3 as the first heat wave of the season arrives with triple-digit temperatures, according to The Associated Press.

“It’s deeply disappointing to see President Biden so hellbent on dismantling human rights for people seeking asylum and implementing policies that are plainly illegal under international and refugee law.”

— Amy Fischer, the director of Refugee and Migrant Rights at Amnesty International USA, said in a statement about President Joe Biden’s executive action June 4 to temporarily suspend the processing of most asylum claims at the southern U.S. border when the seven-day average of unauthorized crossings exceeds 2,500, according to NPR.

“What truly sets this era apart — and is even unprecedented in the long history of humanity’s quest for immortality — is that, for the first time, the processes of caring for the dead and immortalization practices are fully integrated into the capitalist market.”

— Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basinska, a research fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Future of Intelligence, on the potential consequences of using digital simulations for the dead on a large scale, according to The Associated Press.