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> [“Perhaps swimming was dancing in the water, he thought. To swim under lily pads seeing their green slender stalks wavering as you passed, to swim under upraised logs past schools of sunfish and bluegills, to swim through reed beds past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/perhaps-swimming-was-dancing-in-the-water-he-thought-to-swim-under/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

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## More by Jim Harrison

> [“Perhaps swimming was dancing in the water, he thought. To swim under lily pads seeing their green slender stalks wavering as you passed, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/perhaps-swimming-was-dancing-in-the-water-he-thought-to-swim-under/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/writing-as-a-woman-presents-enormous-problems-but-i-have-attempted-it/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-like-grit-i-like-love-and-death-i-m-tired-of-irony-a-lot-of-good/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/it-is-utterly-soothing-to-fly-fish-for-trout-all-other-considerations/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“(from: Age Sixty-nine) There is this circle I walk that I have learned to love. I hope one day to be a spiral but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/from-age-sixty-nine-there-is-this-circle-i-walk-that-i-have-learned/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“. . . another year has passed, or so they say, but calenders lie. They're a kind of cosmic business machine like their cousin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/another-year-has-passed-or-so-they-say-but-calenders-lie-they-re-a/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“The head's a cloud anchor that the feet must follow. Travel light, he said, or don't travel at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/the-head-s-a-cloud-anchor-that-the-feet-must-follow-travel-light-he/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/after-a-lifetime-of-world-travel-i-ve-been-fascinated-that-those-in/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/the-only-advice-i-can-give-to-aspiring-writers-is-don-t-do-it-unless/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [I'd rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-d-rather-get-a-brain-tumor-than-go-back-to-teaching/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/it-is-easy-to-forget-that-in-the-main-we-die-only-seven-times-more/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“I had let my digust with teaching ruin my love of literature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-had-let-my-digust-with-teaching-ruin-my-love-of-literature/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“I seek the substantial in life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-seek-the-substantial-in-life/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [ “Birthdays are \[soul chasers,\] ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask \[the usual question\], “Qué pasa, baby?” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/birthdays-are-soul-chasers-ghost-bounty-hunters-that-track-you-down/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“Never before have the American people had their noses so deeply in one another's business. If I announce that I and eleven other diners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/never-before-have-the-american-people-had-their-noses-so-deeply-in/)

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