Here are some quotes from the book "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean:

- "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 those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters."
- "The world is full of bast*rds, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana."
- "So it is that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don't know what part to give or maybe we don't like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed."
- "I am haunted by waters."