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“My body might be ill, I granted, but the paper worlds I had visited in my life remained vast and memorable. No matter what happened to me, no matter how the months ahead would shear me, a thousand books waited to rescue me, the simple flying carpet of black print on white pages a friend as trusted as any I had ever encountered.” ReadingFriendshipBooks Book:Goodbye to Clocks Ticking: How We Live While Dying Source: Goodbye to Clocks Ticking: How We Live While Dying
“I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself” LooksEarthLosesSeaRiversFishesBoatLook UpLakesFishingFeedingFrenzy Author:Joseph Monninger
“I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable to the fish at hand. Even the best fishermen catch fish only a small percentage of the time, which means we persevere in a sport that features failure as its main ingredient. Truly great days, when the fish hammer the fly as soon as it lands on the water are rare.” MeanHandsCertainSportsWaterSeaLandRiversFishesBoatFeaturesLakesFishingMakeupIngredientsPeculiarOptimistHammersPercentagesPersevereFishermanGreat Day Author:Joseph Monninger
“When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward.” DoeSwimJetTroutTiltFins Author:Joseph Monninger
“As someone who has moved around a fair amount, I wondered what it would be like to stay rooted to one place, one community.” Would BeCommunityAmountFairsMovedRooted Book:The World As We Know It Source: The World As We Know It
“Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.” ReadingPlentyStreamsFishingMapsHikingPastimeHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Joseph Monninger
“I live in a beautiful part of the world - western New Hampshire along the Baker River - and my family and I spend a lot of time outdoors.” WorldBeautifulRiversMy FamilyWesternBakersHampshireNew Hampshire Book:Eternal on the Water Source: Eternal on the Water
“I actually believe in simplicity as a way of life. My wife and I are considering moving into a yurt!” WayBelieveMovingWifeSimplicityMy WifeConsidering Book:Eternal on the Water Source: Eternal on the Water
“I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself.” LosesFishingTroutFly FishingTrout Fishing Author:Joseph Monninger