I had just settled Grandma on her folding chair and popped open our box lunch when the corpse floated by.
Thomas McGuaneIn the future, I mean to be a fine streamside entomologist. I'm going to start on that when I am much too old to do any of the two thousand things I can think of that are more fun than screening insects in cold running water
Thomas McGuaneAn undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity.
Thomas McGuaneIt's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.
Thomas McGuaneWe both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.
Thomas McGuane