“Here on the edge of the river, the motifs are very plentiful, the same subject seen from a different angle gives a subject for study of the highest interest and so varied that I think I could be occupied for months without changing my place, simply bending a little more to the right or left.” ThinkingGivingLittlesDifferentLeftInterestStudySubjectsMonthsHighestRiversEdgesAngleBendingMotifsPlentifulDifferent Angles Author:Paul Cezanne
“Cut off my head, and singular I am, Cut off my tail, and plural I appear; Although my middle's left, there's nothing there! What is my head cut off? A sounding sea; What is my tail cut off? A rushing river; And in their mingling depths I fearless play, Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.” PlayLeftParentSoundForeverCuttingSeaMiddleRiversDepthFishesBoatFearlessLakesFishingTailsSweetestRushingMuteMingling Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams.” IfsLeftSeaTheoryRiversFishesBoatStreamsLakesFishingLakes And Rivers Author:Izaak Walton
“Flyfishing does have its social aspects - on some of our crowded trout streams it can get too social - but esentially it's a solitary, contemplative sport. People are left alone with themselves in beautiful surroundings to try to accomplish something that seems to have genuine value.” PeopleTryingDoeSeemsBeautifulValuesLeftSocialSportsSeaAspectRiversFishesAccomplishGenuineBoatStreamsLakesFishingSolitarySurroundingsCrowdedLeft AloneContemplativeTrout Author:John Gierach
“When we talk of leaving our childhood behind us, we might as well say that the river flowing onward to the sea had left the fountain behind.” WellsMightLeftBehindsSeaChildhoodRiversOur ChildrenLeavingFountain Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected
“I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because reflections of clouds and trees are not clouds and trees.” SufferingLeftBehindsTreeReflectionRiversCloudsLeft BehindSpongesImmensity Book:Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004 Source: Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004