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In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle! She is so unfettered that one wonders whether it is possible that she again become calm.

Right now I am kicking around an idea to do a web talk show on a boat. Guests would come on and go fishing with me. I would like to take people who have never fished: You get them out on the water and they really open up.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

While at The Evergreen State College, I met Doranne Crable, and she was so dynamic and adventurous that I decided on the spot to take whatever she taught.