“As time passed, my father struggled for more to hold on to, asking me...” – Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It ... Movie Quotes Database

[narrating]

As time passed, my father struggled for more to hold on to, asking me again and again: had I told him everything. And finally I said to him, "maybe all I really know about Paul is that he was a fine fisherman." "You know more than that," my father said; "he was beautiful." And that was the last time we ever spoke of my brother's death.

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