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Norman Maclean quotes: The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

Norman Maclean quotes: If our father had had his way, nobody who did not knowhow to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.

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: Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

Norman Maclean quotes: How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions.

How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions.

Norman Maclean quotes: I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.

I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.

Norman Maclean quotes: One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing

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

Norman Maclean quotes: It is not fly fishing if you are not looking for answers to questions.

It is not fly fishing if you are not looking for answers to questions.

Norman Maclean quotes: That's how you know when you have thought too much-- when you become a dialogue between You'll probably lose and You're sure to lose.

That's how you know when you have thought too much-- when you become a dialogue between You'll probably lose and You're sure to lose.

Norman Maclean quotes: Life every now and then becomes literature ... as if life had been made and not happened.

Life every now and then becomes literature ... as if life had been made and not happened.

Norman Maclean quotes: They were still so young they hadn't learned to count the odds and to sense they might owe the universe a tragedy.

They were still so young they hadn't learned to count the odds and to sense they might owe the universe a tragedy.

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.

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: We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.

We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.

Norman Maclean quotes: It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.

Norman Maclean quotes: I hope there are others also who don't mind trees.

I hope there are others also who don't mind trees.

Norman Maclean quotes: Somehow it's hard to quit with an odd number of fish, so I wanted one more for four,

Somehow it's hard to quit with an odd number of fish, so I wanted one more for four,

Norman Maclean quotes: At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.

At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.

Norman Maclean quotes: Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.

Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.

Norman Maclean quotes: A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help.

A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help.

Norman Maclean quotes: ...it is natural for man to try to attain power without recovering grace...(3)

...it is natural for man to try to attain power without recovering grace...(3)

Norman Maclean quotes: At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

Norman Maclean quotes: What a beautiful world it was once. At least a river of it was.

What a beautiful world it was once. At least a river of it was.

Norman Maclean quotes: Time was just a hangover from the past with no present meaning

Time was just a hangover from the past with no present meaning

Norman Maclean quotes: You can love completely without complete understanding.""That I have known and preached." my father said.

You can love completely without complete understanding."
"That I have known and preached." my father said.

Norman Maclean quotes: Power comes not from power everywhere, but from knowing where to put it on.

Power comes not from power everywhere, but from knowing where to put it on.

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.

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: 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

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: I am haunted by waters.

I am haunted by waters.

Norman Maclean quotes: Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly.

Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly.

Norman Maclean quotes: The most sublime of oddballs, Leonardo da Vinci

The most sublime of oddballs, Leonardo da Vinci

Norman Maclean quotes: If you push me far enough, all I really know is that he was a fine fisherman.""You know more than that," my father said. "He was beautiful.

If you push me far enough, all I really know is that he was a fine fisherman."
"You know more than that," my father said. "He was beautiful.

Norman Maclean quotes: I tried to find something I already knew about life that might help me reach out and touch my brother and get him to look at me and himself.

I tried to find something I already knew about life that might help me reach out and touch my brother and get him to look at me and himself.

Norman Maclean quotes: When exhausted and feeling sorry for yourself, at least change your socks.

When exhausted and feeling sorry for yourself, at least change your socks.

Norman Maclean quotes: The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience.

The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience.