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You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food. 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? - Ernest Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea Quotes)

You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food. 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?

Source:(Charles Scribner's Sons, ed. 1952), Page 116
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Ernest Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea Quotes)
  • Book: The Old Man and the Sea
  • Writer: Ernest Hemingway
  • Genre: Classics, Fiction, Adventure
  • Published: 1952
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