“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.”
"At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding."
- Norman Maclean
Love
"Many of us probably would be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect."
- Norman Maclean
Awareness
"At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear."
- Norman Maclean
Awareness
"There's certainly something in fishing that makes a man feel he is doing right; I can't explain it, but it's very pleasant."
- Norman Maclean
Happiness
"If our father had his say, nobody who did not know how to catch a fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him."
- Norman Maclean
Respect
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy