“No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba.In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.
“I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
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“Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
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“I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one's own body.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
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“It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
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“Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
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“But man is not made for defeat... a man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
Variant: A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Source: The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
“Every day above earth is a good day.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
“Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
