# Quote — Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America

> Everything smelled of sheep. The dandelions were suddenly more sheep than flower, each petal reflecting wool and the sound of a bell ringing off the yellow. But the thing that smelled the most like sheep, was the sun itself. When the sun went behind a cloud, the smell of sheep decreased, like standing on some old guy's hearing aid, and when the sun came back again, the smell of the sheep was loud, like a clap of thunder inside a cup of coffee.

- Author: [Richard Brautigan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-brautigan.md)
- Book: [Trout Fishing in America](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-brautigan/trout-fishing-in-america.md)
- Page: 50
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