Ok, so I can't find exactly what I am looking for, and maybe it is because there is no direct quote, maybe it is the way I have interpreted it from the story. It has been a few years since I have read it, so it is highly possible that the story is about beauty, and so it is not the direct words that strike me as how beautiful should be defined but rather the way the definition comes together based on the whole novel. Here though is as close to a summary as I can get...
"As for my father, I never knew whether he believed God was a mathematician but he certainly believed God could count and that only by picking up God's rhythms were we able to regain power and beauty. Unlike many Presbyterians, he often used the word 'beautiful'...since it is natural for man to try and attain power without recovering grace...My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things- trout as well as eternal salvation- come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy."
I am spending time discussing this because beauty and art go hand in hand, but adding grace makes the word fuller somehow. Again, this does not encompass the entire way the word is affected and exemplified throughout the novel, maybe is the point of the novel, but it has stuck with me and there are times in my life when only this definition will do. I think the point of compelling experiences is also to create something beautiful.
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