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- Ernest Hemingway, Annemarie Horschitz-Horst
- 1952
- “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.
- “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.
- “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea.
- “Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea.
The Old Man and the Sea Quotes With Page Numbers help you reference your favorite quotes. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, is about an old fisherman on the coast of Cuba named Santiago.
View All Quotes. #2: “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” #3: “Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact.
- Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated. Related Characters: Santiago.
- Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel? She is kind and very beautiful. But she can be so cruel and it comes so suddenly and such birds that fly, dipping and hunting, with their small sad voices are made too delicately for the sea.
- "Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends. " Related Characters: Santiago (speaker) Related Symbols: The Marlin.
- You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother.
It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers. You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him.
Explanation of the famous quotes in The Old Man and the Sea, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
Mar 24, 2021 · 1. "Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?" -Santiago. 2. "The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought." -Narrator. 3. "I am sorry that I went too far out. I ruined us both." -Santiago. 4. "Fish,...I’ll stay with you until I am dead."
