“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
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the marketplace.”
― Much Ado About Nothing
― Much Ado About Nothing
“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
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