“And I knew just as surely, just as clearly, that life is not a work...” – A River Runs Through It ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from A River Runs Through It 1992

And I knew just as surely, just as clearly, that life is not a work of art, and that the moment could not last.
Older Norman - [narrating]:

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It is those we live and love should know who elude us. The three Maclean men go fishing together after Norman and Paul get into trouble for chuting the rapids in a "borrowed" boat. After Norman puts down his fish, and then Paul puts down a bigger one, and finally the Reverend John puts down one bigger still.
Reverend Maclean: They're both marvelous.
He nodes and snickers, then continues:
I'd say Lord has blessed us all today...
He rises and walks away and with his back to them continues:
It's just that he has been particularly good to me.
He laughs.