Irene Park

“Sharing a life threads more than flesh and blood together. It weaves her memories in and around and through mine.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

“One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing. It is also interesting that thoughts about fishing are often carried on in dialogue form where Hope and Fear—or, many times, two Fears—try to outweigh each other. One”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

“If I populate my life with people just like me, then my world is going to be mighty small, indeed—maybe one person deep in all directions. If there are no opposing views, no fresh vantage points, then there is no stretching beyond myself. No growth. No change.”
― Chip Gaines, Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff

“My wife is not as fickle as a flame. She is an ocean. I knew from the first that I cannot own her, cannot tame her, but I am the only storm that moves her depths and stirs her tides. And that is more than enough.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold