It is that that makes an angler: it is diligence
Tom Thomson
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I figure that Martin Blecher is sleeping once again in the boathouse. When he fights with his sister, he sleeps in the boathouse.
In my early days back in Toronto, I enjoyed the city immensely. I was a bit of a dandy.
Jun 18, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: RUSSIANS DECLARE FOR BIG OFFENSIVE. ZEPPELIN RAIDER BROUGHT DOWN. 
Mystery is not the same a misunderstanding.
Angling was not contemptible in the days of Mark Antony and Cleopatra,- Izaak Walton
When in Algonquin Park I lived with the Frasers as one of the family
I'm reserved, shy, chary of society
I see another figure exiting the Trainor household, It's Hugh. I have to leave before we make a scene.
We hear the screen door slap. Hugh Trainor comes staggering in. 'What in hell's name is he doing here?'
Mrs. Trainor sets out a place setting for me. I'm there for dinner, like it or not.
We go into the house. There's Mrs. Trainor. 'Here for one of your visits, Tom?' with a tone of polite insincerity.
Be humble, be healthy, be willing to be taught.
I've decided I need to visit @WinnieTrainor in Huntsville tomorrow. I'll take the morning freight. Nobody will know I've gone.
Bears, like anglers and artists tend to themselves, unless unnecessarily provoked.
Avoid entering a canoe with anyone who displays evangelical fervour.
I go to church but have no formal religion.
1916 The Alligator #tt1916 
Being right isn't all there is to life.
People think it's simple. You marry and that's it. You send your boy off to war and that's it. No choices and no questions.