"The meditative angler is not exempt from sensational periods. There are times when all the uncertainty of his chosen pursuit seems to condense itself into one big chance, and stand out before him like a salmon on the top wave of a rapid. He sees his luck hangs by a single strand of gut, and he cannot tell whether it will hold or break. This is the thrilling moment and he never forgets it."

-- Henry Van Dyke

#Rivers Quotes #Lakes Quotes #Sea Quotes

“I'm much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I've gotten very surgical about poems.”

Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
“God releases more of His power and presence according to the measure of our hunger for Him.”
“This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
“Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's empty waves.”

Source : William Empson (1984). “Collected poems”, Chatto & Windus
“I'd like to try to inspire the youth, that's obviously where our future is and the kids are the ones you can mould and you can give them ideas and opportunities and I'd like to try to inspire all the young kids because I had a dream when I was young, that was to play for Australia.”
“The most important key to successful investing can be summed up in just two words-asset allocation.”
“I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy”
“Think of your problems as a gift â€“ get out there and fix them.”

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