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Norman Maclean quotes about world

American Author December 23, 1902 – August 2, 1990

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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... Norman Maclean
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
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
Ahead and to the west was our ranger station - and the mountains of Idaho, poems of geology stretching beyond any boundaries and seemingly even beyond the world. Norman Maclean
Norman Maclean quote: "The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly..."
The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana. Norman Maclean

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