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> [If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/if-our-father-had-had-his-way-nobody-who-did-not-know-how-to-fish/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

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## More by Norman Maclean

> [At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/at-the-time-i-did-not-know-that-stories-of-life-are-often-more-like/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [“In this story of the outside world and the inside world with a fire between, the outside world of little screwups recedes now for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/in-this-story-of-the-outside-world-and-the-inside-world-with-a-fire/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [“I hope there are others also who don't mind trees.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/i-hope-there-are-others-also-who-don-t-mind-trees/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [Probably most catastrophes end this way without an ending, the dead not even knowing how they died...,those who loved them forever questioning "this unnecessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/probably-most-catastrophes-end-this-way-without-an-ending-the-dead/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/if-our-father-had-had-his-way-nobody-who-did-not-know-how-to-fish/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/i-knew-that-when-needed-mountains-would-move-for-me/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [“I sat there and forgot and forgot, until what remained was the river that went by and I who watched... Eventually the watcher joined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/i-sat-there-and-forgot-and-forgot-until-what-remained-was-the-river/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/it-is-those-we-live-with-and-love-and-should-know-who-elude-us/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [Unless we are willing to escape into sentimentality or fantasy, often the best we can do with catastrophes, even our own, is to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/unless-we-are-willing-to-escape-into-sentimentality-or-fantasy-often/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [As for my father, I never knew whether he believed God was a mathematician but he certainly believed God could count and that only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/as-for-my-father-i-never-knew-whether-he-believed-god-was-a/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/at-sunrise-everything-is-luminous-but-not-clear/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [“On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/on-the-big-blackfoot-river-above-the-mouth-of-belmont-creek-the-banks/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/of-course-now-i-am-too-old-to-be-much-of-a-fisherman-and-now-of/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [“...it is not fly fishing if you are not looking for answers to questions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/it-is-not-fly-fishing-if-you-are-not-looking-for-answers-to-questions/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

> [“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maclean/eventually-all-things-merge-into-one-and-a-river-runs-through-it-the/)

[Norman Maclean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maclean/)

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