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> [“You know how to check fer thin ice, boy?" he would ask me. "Wall, what you do is stick one foot way out ahead of you and stomp the ice real hard and listen fer it to make a crackin'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mcmanus/you-know-how-to-check-fer-thin-ice-boy-he-would-ask-me-wall-what-you/)

Patrick Mcmanus

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> [“There is nothing better than to be headed into the mountains on a clean fresh day with the sun rising through the trees and good company and good talk and the sense of ease that comes from the knowledge that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mcmanus/there-is-nothing-better-than-to-be-headed-into-the-mountains-on-a/)

Patrick Mcmanus

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## More by Patrick Mcmanus

> [“You know how to check fer thin ice, boy?" he would ask me. "Wall, what you do is stick one foot way out ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mcmanus/you-know-how-to-check-fer-thin-ice-boy-he-would-ask-me-wall-what-you/)

Patrick Mcmanus

> [“There is nothing better than to be headed into the mountains on a clean fresh day with the sun rising through the trees and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mcmanus/there-is-nothing-better-than-to-be-headed-into-the-mountains-on-a/)

Patrick Mcmanus

> [“Writers live with fear. Some writers cannot deal with the fear, and so they quit or refuse to publish. In order to write, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mcmanus/writers-live-with-fear-some-writers-cannot-deal-with-the-fear-and-so/)

Patrick Mcmanus

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