.....quotes.....
"As a Scot and a Presyterian, my father believed that man by nature was a mess and had fallen from an original state of grace. Somehow, I early developed the notation that he had done this by falling from a tree. As for my father, I never knew whether he believed God was a mathematician but he certainly believed God could count and that only by picking up God's rhythms we were able to regain power and beauty. Unlike many Presbyterians, he often used the word "beautiful"."
Page 2.A River Runs Through It.
What is this quote saying, whats the meaning behind it?
--- I believe that through this quote one is discribing his father. By doing so he has listed some of his qualities and what he believes as well. In order to lead, one must first learn to follow, and with that must lead by example. ---
--- In this quote the reader catches that his father is a Godly man, and with that is saying that God is everything, that he created all and inorder to truely appreciate it, one must stop and smell the roses, stop to look and truely be amazed at the beauty. ---
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"In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and told us about Christ's disciples being fisherme, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman."
Page 1.A River Runs Through It.
What is the mean behind this quote, why did the author pick this quote for the introduction to the story?
--- I felt that this quote was a great introduction to this book, story of the life of two boys growing up in Montana, living the life of fly fishing and going to church. Granted they did have their struggles, but yet this introduction grabs the reader and pulls them in wanting more. ---
--- It was an introduction to who Norman Maclean is and who his family is and how they were brought up....
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"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs."
Page 104.A River Runs Through It.
What is the meaning behind this quote, what does he mean when saying "... and some of the words are theirs..."?
--- I feel that this quote is discribing the ways of the river and the water after his brothers death. When it talks about the history of the river, what it is made of and how it came to be. It talks about the words of the river, the words are of the ones that had or have fished there. They are the ones of the past, present, and future...of the family, friends and enjoyment found on the river, living the life of fly-fishing. ---
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" I am haunted by waters."
Page 104.A River Runs Through It.
What is the meaning behind this quote?
--- I feel that this is talking about how the waters will always be with him, it is like the memories and the ways of the water that will haunt him. The memories and the moments share with the ones he loves, and the ones he loved. ---
