A River Runs Through It (Film) Quotes

Quotes

"You're just rusty, that's all."

Paul

Paul says this to his brother Norman, who is having a difficult time casting a line in the river when he returns home and goes fishing.

"He called it shadow casting. Keeping his line above water long enough and low enough to make a rainbow rise. And I realized, in the time that I was away my brother had become an artist."

Norman

Norman, unseen by his brother, sees Paul casting a line in the Blackfoot River. What he witnesses isn't a man simply fishing, but someone who has become more than a fisherman, an artist: something Norman desires to be in his life but has yet to become.

"You better hang on."

Jessie

Jessie says this to Norman as she has decided to go straight through the train tunnel instead of waiting for water to be removed from the roadway. It's a dangerous path, but it is representative of their relationship which may have difficulties and dangers yet ultimately proves that they are meant to do it together.

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