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Originally Posted by Clarkey
Well from the looks of your name, picture etc. we are part of the same religion... flyfishing.
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Memorable Quotes from
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Older Norman: [narrating]
My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things - trout as well as eternal salvation - came by grace; and grace comes by art; and art does not come easy.
Older Norman: [
narrating]
In my family, there was no clear division between religion and fly fishing.
Older Norman: [
narrating]
Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. 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 those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
The weather is getting nice. I'm getting the itch to get out this weekend. Flyfishing is sublime.