“How many mysteries have you seen in your lifetime? How many nets pulled full over the boat's side, each silver body ready or not falling into submission? How many roses in early summer uncurling above the pale sands then falling back in unfathomable willingness? And what can you say? Glory to the rose and the leaf, to the seed, to the silver fish. Glory to time and the wild fields, and to joy. And to grief's shock and torpor, its near swoon.” BodyJoyFallSidesGriefMysteryFieldsReadySummerGloryRoseLifetimeFishesSeedsBoatShockSandSilverWillingnessPaleLeafsSubmissionUnfathomable Book:Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Source: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
“Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.” WayDiesFallSeaRiversFishesSurfaceBoatLakesFishingBelly Author:Andre Gide
“Flyfishing, which has a vaguely mystical aura, is a lot like work. I'm a frenetic flyfisherman. I wade up and down streams, looking for good spots, usually falling and breaking some piece of equipment. Or I stand still and work myself into a frenzy about what fly I should use. I love fishing, but it has never given me a moments peace.” ShouldStillsMomentsUseFallGivenPiecesSeaRiversFishesBoatSpotsStreamsLakesFishingMysticalEquipmentUp And DownAurasFrenzyWade Author:James P. Gorman
“And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.” FallWaterSeaSkyRiversSightDepthFishesCurrentsBoatInstantStreamsVisibleLakesFishingSilverFlashLightningRainbowJewelsGleamDainty Author:John Buchan
“Life is the blossoming of flowers in the spring, the ripening of fruit in the fall, the rhythm of the earth and of nature. Life is the cry of cicadas signalling the end of summer, migratory birds winging south in a transparent autumn sky, fish frolicking in a stream. Life is the joy beautiful music installs in us, the thrilling sight of a mountain peak reddened by the rising sun, the myriad combinations and permutations of visible and invisible phenomena. Life is all things.” EndsEarthBeautifulLife IsJoyFallSunSkyCryFlowerMountainSummerSpringBirdAll ThingsSightSouthFruitFishesInvisibleRhythmCombinationStreamsRisingVisibleAutumnThrillingTransparentBlossomingEnd Of SummerRipeningBeautiful MusicNature LifeMountain PeaksCicadasMigratory Birds Author:Daisaku Ikeda