I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.

Fly fishing is not about catching the fish. It is about enjoying the water, the breeze, the fish swimming all around. If you catch one, good. If you don't...that is even better. That mean you come out and get to try all over again.

When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.

Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.

...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.

They call themselves the Ku Klux Klan and they hate pretty much everyone who isn't like them. If you have the wrong color, religion, or birthplace, they don't like you. Around here it's mostly foreigners they hate.

Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?