"I think that this necessity to travel, to see, it's part of human nature."

“There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.”

Source : Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.157, Macmillan

“I would happily, sometimes more than happily, have vacated my role as an animal theologian, if there were others prepared to take my place.”

“Stories, like whiskey, must be allowed to mature in the cask.”

“He ignored me, thank God, saying to Kat, "Let go of Frosty's leash. You're choking the life out of him." Kat's eyes narrowed to tiny slits, a sure sign of her aggression. "He deserves to choke. He didn't keep little frosty in his pants this summer." the words snapped like a whip. "He did." Cole snapped back with unwavering confidence. "Not." "Did." "Not!" "Did," "Not, not, not!" she shouted with a stomp of her foot. "What are we five?" Cole said. "Six.”

“God is most glorified in us when our knowledge and experience of Him ignite a forest fire of joy that consumes all competing pleasures and He alone becomes the treasure that we prize.”

“Virtue is presupposed in friendship.”

“Everybody else goes out and plays a show as if it's their album, which is boring. I'd rather sit at home and listen to the album, because I hate to be in a smoke-filled, loud room - that's not enjoyable for me at all...I always look up to guys who can sit and do dinner music...they're singing in tune and playing somebody else's music, and I don't think I could do that...it's the shittiest job in the world.”

“I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.”