You were a big fish in a small pond, but this here is the ocean and you’re drowning. Take my advice, go back to Puddleville, you’ll be happy there.
They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops. And that’s true. What they don’t tell you, is that once time starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.
There are some fish that cannot be caught. It’s not that they’re faster or stronger than other fish. They’re just touched by something extra.
Sometimes the only way to catch an uncatchable woman, is to offer her a wedding ring.
Fate has a way of circling back on a man, and taking him by surprise. A man sees things differently at different times in his life.
You don’t know me, but my name is Edward Bloom, and I love you.
There’s a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny’s lost, the ship has sailed and that only a fool will continue. Truth is, I’ve always been a fool.
There comes a point where a reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit that he’s made a terrible mistake. The truth is, I was never a reasonable man.
The more difficult something became, the more rewarding it was in the end.
The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught.
No man can avoid reaching the end of his life.
Most men, they’ll tell you a story straight through. It won’t be complicated, but it won’t be interesting, either.
