Cities like Detroit exist because they occupy important sites. In the case of Detroit, it sits on a river between two great… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
Her hatred glittered irresistibly. I could see it, the jewel, it was sapphire, it was the cold lakes of Norway. — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties;… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. We are emptying the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers as we fish… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
So, eventually, he made one final arrangement with himself, which he has religiously held to ever since, and that was to count… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
For the true angler, fishing produces a deep,unspoken joy, born of longing for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by… — Thaddeus Norris Copy Share Image
Today she met me at the door, said I would have to choose, if I picked up that fishing rod today, she'd… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
Secret Instructions for Reaching Xanadu: Go eastward from the Bewildered-Dragon Lake Until you see the Monastery of the West Tower straight and… — Arthur Davison Ficke Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are clarified and calmed healthily, as we never were before in our lives, not by an opiate, but by some… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If you aren't a fisher you'll see many things, but the river, except where it is ridden by waterfowl or waded by… — Paul Schullery Copy Share Image
Two voices are there: one is of the deep; It learns the storm-cloud's thunderous melody, Now roars, now murmurs with the changing… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Accurately recalling an entire day of fishing is like trying to push smoke back down a chimney, so you settle on these… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Every great decision creates ripples. Like a huge boulder dropping in a lake. The ripples merge and rebound off the banks in… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
On Monday they went out for a private picnic. On Tuesday they went for a carriage drive. On Wednesday they went to… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
People who keep a large snake in their apartment building, which happens quite a bit, all of a sudden, within two summers,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When my wife drives, there's always trouble. The other day she took the car. She came home. She told me, There's water… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
Such a man has some right to fish, and I love to see nature carried out in him. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is easy to tell tourists from tarpon. Tarpon have a narrow, bony plate inside the mouth of their lower jaw. Tourists… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
We lost the crickets," she said. "Even you can't make that sound tough." ..."I am Butler," he said with a straight-face. "Everything… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching… — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
