“The natives of British Columbia live largely upon the fish which abound in their seas and rivers. If the fish do not come in due season, and the Indians are hungry, A Nootka wizard will make an image of a swimming fish and put it into the water in the direction from which the fish generally appear. This ceremony, accompanied by a prayer to the fish to come, will cause them to arrive at once.” IfsCausesWaterPrayerSeaRiversSeasonsFishesBritishDuesHungrySwimmingCeremonyWizardsColumbiaBritish Columbia Author:James G. Frazer
“The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.” FirstsChildrenWonderSeaApproachRiversSeasonsFishesBoatAweLakesFishingFishermanSense Of Wonder Author:John D. Voelker
“. . perhaps the greatest satisfaction on the first day of the season is the knowledge in the evening that the whole of the rest of the season is to come.” FirstsWholeSeaRiversSeasonsFishesSatisfactionBoatEveningLakesFishing Author:Arthur Ransome
“... it takes several years of serious fishing before a man learns enough to go through a whole season with an unblemished record of physical and spiritual anguish.” MenYearsEnoughWholeSpiritualRecordsSeaSeriousRiversSeasonsFishesBoatLakesFishingAnguish Author:Ed Zern
“Not all the winds, and storms, and earthquakes, and seas, and seasons of the world, have done so much to revolutionize the earth as Man, the power of an endless life, has done since the day he came forth upon it, and received dominion over it.” MenWorldDoneEarthPowerSeaWindSeasonsStormEndlessOver ItDominionEarthquakesEndless Life Author:Horace Bushnell
“There is no answer to any of these questions. It's a matter of time and timing, of seas and seasons, of breathing in and breathing out. It's a matter of balance.” MatterAnswersSeaBalanceSeasonsBreathingTimingMatter Of Time Book:Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't Source: Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't
“I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.” LongSchoolUsedSeaSeasonsMovedDistanceRoughSwimSwimmingPoolLong DistanceDivingI Love Swimming Author:Jo Brand
“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