There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him.

At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.

There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him.

I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.

A good rule of angling philosophy is not to interfere with any fishermans ways of being happy, unless you want to be hated.

Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.

Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet.