The Old Man and The Sea - Quotes

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Memorable quotes from Ernest Hemingway's classic novella about an aging fisherman's epic struggle with a giant marlin.
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'He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had obtained it' Santiago on the subject of his own humility.
'Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.' Santiago on baseball.
'Why am I so thoughtless? I must get him another shirt and a jacket for the winter.' Manolin on what he has not done to look after his old mentor.
'When I was you age I was...to Africa and I have seen lions on the beaches in the evening.' Santiago remembers the lions
'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.' Narrator on Santiago's dreams
'It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact.' Santiago on luck
'The position was only somewhat less intolerable; but he thought of it as almost comfortable.' Santiago endures
'I wish I had the boy.' Santiago on Manolin.
'What kind of a hand is that...Cramp then if you want...It will do you no good.' Santiago distances himself from his own pained hand.
'There are three things that are brothers: the fish and my two hands.' Santiago reconciles himself with his hand.
'pain does not matter to a man' Santiago endures
'You are killing me, fish, the old man thought' Santiago on the marlin.
'A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.' Santiago endures
'He didn't beat you. Not the fish.' Manolin reassures Santiago
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