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“Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party and I attended with my real face”
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“Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
Think of what you can do with that there is”
― The Old Man and the Sea
Think of what you can do with that there is”
― The Old Man and the Sea
“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. Or is it more?”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“The fish is my friend too... I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars. Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. But imagine if a man each day should have to try to kill the sun? We were born lucky; he thought”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
Alice’s 2024 Year in Books
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