'He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had obtained it'

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

'Why am I so thoughtless? I must get him another shirt and a jacket for the winter.'

'When I was you age I was...to Africa and I have seen lions on the beaches in the evening.'

'He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women...nor of his wife...He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach.'

'It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact.'

'The position was only somewhat less intolerable; but he thought of it as almost comfortable.'

'I wish I had the boy.'

'What kind of a hand is that...Cramp then if you want...It will do you no good.'

'There are three things that are brothers: the fish and my two hands.'

'pain does not matter to a man'

'You are killing me, fish, the old man thought'

'A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.'

'He didn't beat you. Not the fish.'