Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this.
I'm the last guy left. That's what happens when you live to 84.
My life is a series of things that just happen.
The human soul, beaten down, overwhelmed, faced by complete failure and ruin, can still rise up against unbearable odds and triumph. 
To tell the truth, fishermen remain always boys as far as their amusement goes.
