THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA FAMOUS QUOTES

“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

“He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy.”

“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

“Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.”

“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.”

“And he thought of the long gone with hunger and thirst and no water jug and of seeing the herd dying. No, he thought. I mustn’t think of that. That is not what I must think of. Think of the fight. He tried to think of one thing to steady himself against fear.”

“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 love him when he is alive and you love him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him.”

“Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.”

“There is no such thing as luck… there is only where you are and what you are doing.”

“I know that great good is coming.”

“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”

“Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.”

“I hate a cramp,” the old man said. “It is a treachery of one’s own body.”

“You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who.”

“But man is not made for defeat…A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” GO OUTSIDE QUOTES

“The only thing that could defeat him was death.”

“Now it is time to get home.”

“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

“My big fish must be somewhere.”

“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

“It is silly not to hope… Besides I believe it is a sin.”

“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

“The wire was cutting the dead fish’s flesh as the water tore it away and he saw the heavy, solid length of the fish’s body start to come up… ‘he is two feet longer than the skiff,’ the old man thought.”

“It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”

“Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?”

“What a fish it was…It was over twenty feet long.”

“The old man knew he was going far out and he left the smell of the land behind and rowed out into the clean early morning smell of the ocean.”

“I wish I had the boy.”

“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”