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The Old Man and the Sea QUOTES

The Old Man and the Sea QUOTES

1 " I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. . . . Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him. . . . There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity. I do not understand these things, he thought. But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

2 " Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

3 " Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

4 " Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.' Then he added, 'Blessed Virgin, pray for the death of this fish wonderful though he is. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

5 " He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

6 " It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

7 " He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

8 " Then he was sorry for the great fish... How many people will he feed?.. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course, not. There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

9 " I shouldn’t have gone out so far, fish,” he said. “Neither for you nor for me. I’m sorry, fish. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

10 " The setting of the sun is a difficult time for all fish. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

11 " Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

12 " But, he thought, I keep them with precision. Only I have no luck anymore. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

13 " But in the dark now and no glow showing and no lights and only the wind and the steady pull of the sail he felt that perhaps he was already dead. He put his two hands together and felt the palms. They were not dead and he could bring the pain of life by simply opening and closing them. He leaned his back against the stern and knew he was not dead. His shoulders told him. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

14 " The purple, formalized, iridescent, gelatinous bladder of a Portuguese man-of-war was floating close beside the boat. It turned on its side and then righted itself. It floated cheerfully as a bubble with its long deadly purple filaments trailing a yard behind in the water. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

15 " Man is not made for defeat. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

16 " I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I am? "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

17 " But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

18 " Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

19 " Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day? "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea

20 " I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution. "

― Ernest Hemingway , The Old Man and the Sea