Matt Konrad

“He is a great fish and I must convince him, he thought. I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run.”
― Ernest Hemingway, 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”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“But, thank God, [the fish] are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more noble and more able.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“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?”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea