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Norman Maclean Quotes

When exhausted and feeling sorry for yourself, at least change your socks Picture Quote #1

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy Picture Quote #1

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us Picture Quote #1

Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly Picture Quote #1

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding Picture Quote #1

We can love completely what we cannot completely understand Picture Quote #1

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I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me Picture Quote #1

In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing Picture Quote #1

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself Picture Quote #1

How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions Picture Quote #1

All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy Picture Quote #1

I am haunted by waters Picture Quote #1

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Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it Picture Quote #1

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear Picture Quote #1

Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship Picture Quote #1

I sat there and forgot and forgot, until what remained was the river that went by and I who watched. On the river the heat mirages danced with each other and then they danced through each other and then they joined hands and danced around each other. Eventually the water joined the river, and there was only one of us. I believe it was the river Picture Quote #1

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters Picture Quote #1

One of life’s quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash Picture Quote #1

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The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience Picture Quote #1

If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him Picture Quote #1

Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand when I was young are dead, but I still reach out to them Picture Quote #1

It is very important to a lot of people to make unmistakably clear to themselves and to the universe that they love the universe but are not intimidated by it and will not be shaken by it, no matter what it has in store. Moreover, they demand something from themselves early in life that can be taken ever after as a demonstration of this abiding feeling Picture Quote #1

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing Picture Quote #1

We sat on the bank and the river went by. As always, it was making sounds to itself, and now it made sounds to us. It would be hard to find three men sitting side by side who knew better what a river was saying Picture Quote #1

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So it is that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don’t know what part to give or maybe we don’t like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed Picture Quote #1

Unless we are willing to escape into sentimentality or fantasy, often the best we can do with catastrophes, even our own, is to find out exactly what happened and restore some of the missing parts Picture Quote #1

At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books Picture Quote #1

... life every now and then becomes literature... as if life had been made and not happened Picture Quote #1

A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us Picture Quote #1

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect Picture Quote #1

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When exhausted and feeling sorry for yourself, at least change your socks (Norman Maclean Quotes) My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy (Norman Maclean Quotes) It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us (Norman Maclean Quotes) Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly (Norman Maclean Quotes) At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding (Norman Maclean Quotes) We can love completely what we cannot completely understand (Norman Maclean Quotes) I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me (Norman Maclean Quotes) In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing (Norman Maclean Quotes) The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself (Norman Maclean Quotes) How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions (Norman Maclean Quotes) All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy (Norman Maclean Quotes) I am haunted by waters (Norman Maclean Quotes) Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it (Norman Maclean Quotes) At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear (Norman Maclean Quotes) Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship (Norman Maclean Quotes) I sat there and forgot and forgot, until what remained was the river that went by and I who watched. On the river the heat mirages danced with each other and then they danced through each other and then they joined hands and danced around each other. Eventually the water joined the river, and there was only one of us. I believe it was the river (Norman Maclean Quotes) Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters (Norman Maclean Quotes) One of life’s quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash (Norman Maclean Quotes) The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience (Norman Maclean Quotes) If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him (Norman Maclean Quotes) Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand when I was young are dead, but I still reach out to them (Norman Maclean Quotes) It is very important to a lot of people to make unmistakably clear to themselves and to the universe that they love the universe but are not intimidated by it and will not be shaken by it, no matter what it has in store. Moreover, they demand something from themselves early in life that can be taken ever after as a demonstration of this abiding feeling (Norman Maclean Quotes) One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing (Norman Maclean Quotes) We sat on the bank and the river went by. As always, it was making sounds to itself, and now it made sounds to us. It would be hard to find three men sitting side by side who knew better what a river was saying (Norman Maclean Quotes) So it is that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don’t know what part to give or maybe we don’t like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed (Norman Maclean Quotes) Unless we are willing to escape into sentimentality or fantasy, often the best we can do with catastrophes, even our own, is to find out exactly what happened and restore some of the missing parts (Norman Maclean Quotes) At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books (Norman Maclean Quotes) ... life every now and then becomes literature... as if life had been made and not happened (Norman Maclean Quotes) A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us (Norman Maclean Quotes) Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect (Norman Maclean Quotes)

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