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“Most people were heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“Do not think about sin, he thought. There are enough problems now without sin. Also I have no understanding of it.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“I could not fail myself and die on a fish like this," he said. "Now that I have him coming so beautifully, God help me endure. I'll say a hundred Our Fathers and a hundred Hail Marys. But I cannot say them now."
Consider them said, he thought. I'll say them later.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
Consider them said, he thought. I'll say them later.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
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