Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.
Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.
No one ever stopped when they were winning.
Out of all the things you could not have there were some things that you could have and one of those was to know when you were happy and to enjoy all of it while it was there and it was good.
Before you quit, you have to try
No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.