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The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing

Book by Thomas McGuane · 7 quotes · Fishing, Boat, Fishes

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“We have reached the time in the life of the planet, and humanity's demand upon it, when every fisherman will have to be a river-keeper, a steward of marine shallows, a watchman on the high seas. We are beyond having to put back what we have taken out. We must put back more than we take out.”