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The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.
— Norman Maclean
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
how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him. — Norman Maclean
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
— Norman Maclean
How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions.
— Norman Maclean
I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.
— Norman Maclean
One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing
— Norman Maclean
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
Life every now and then becomes literature ... as if life had been made and not happened.
— Norman Maclean
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
A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us.
— Norman Maclean
We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.
— Norman Maclean
It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.
— Norman Maclean
I hope there are others also who don't mind trees.
— Norman Maclean
Somehow it's hard to quit with an odd number of fish, so I wanted one more for four,
— Norman Maclean
At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.
— Norman Maclean
A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help.
— Norman Maclean
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.
— Norman Maclean
What a beautiful world it was once. At least a river of it was.
— Norman Maclean
Time was just a hangover from the past with no present meaning
— Norman Maclean
You can love completely without complete understanding."
"That I have known and preached." my father said. — Norman Maclean
"That I have known and preached." my father said. — Norman Maclean
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
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
I am haunted by waters.
— Norman Maclean
Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly.
— Norman Maclean
The most sublime of oddballs, Leonardo da Vinci
— Norman Maclean
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
"You know more than that," my father said. "He was beautiful. — Norman Maclean