“Our larger body is eternity. Eventually, we return to the source in its undifferentiated form, in its absolute form, which is both form and formlessness, but we exist in that sea all the time.” BodyFormSeaSourceReturnEternityAbsolutesReincarnation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Promising to bring home a feed of fish is the absolute kiss of death to any chances of catching anything but a large heap of derision when you get home.” HomeChanceSeaKissingRiversAbsolutesFishesBoatLakesFishingCatchingDerisionKiss Of Death Author:Tony Bishop
“False casting for practice is the best way to achieve the feel of the line in the air, but in actual fishing, false casts should be limited in number to absolute necessity. In the first place, the more false casts you make, the greater are the chances for the fish to see your arm waving, or the line in the air. And the greater are your chances to make a mistake in the cast and lose your timing. Most anglers, especially tyros, false cast too often. Three false casts should be sufficient for any throw and two is better. One is perfect.” WayFeelsShouldFirstsTwoThreeLosesLinesChancePerfectNumbersMistakePracticeGreaterAirSeaAchieveArmsRiversAbsolutesCastsFishesBest WayBoatSufficientLakesFishingTimingCastingAnglers Book:Trout Fishing Source: Trout Fishing
“And suddenly I rejoiced in the great security of the sea as compared with the unrest of the land, in my choice of that untempted life presenting no disquieting problems, invested with an elementary moral beauty by the absolute straightforwardness of its appeal and by the singleness of its purpose.” ProblemPurposeChoicesMoralSeaLandSecurityAbsolutesAppealsPresentingUnrestSingleness Book:Twixt Land and Sea Source: Twixt Land and Sea
“It was a total and absolute surprise to find out that what was inside the concentration camps was a sea of skeletons. What is clear to me, therefore, is that while the tragedy of war grinds on, the contemporary aesthetics of the tragedy seem not only confused but, in some way, suspicious.” WayWarSeemsClearSeaTragedyAbsolutesSurpriseContemporaryConfusedConcentrationCampsSuspiciousAestheticsGrindSkeletonsConcentration Camp Author:Paul Virilio
“If you are very lucky, you're allowed to be in certain places during just the right season of your life: by the sea for the summer when you're seven or eight and full of the absolute need to swim until dark and exhaustion close their hands together, cupping you in between.” IfsNeedsHandsTogetherCertainDarkSeaLuckySummerSeasonsAbsolutesSevenEightSwimExhaustionLucky YouHands Together Book:Sleeping in Flame Source: Sleeping in Flame