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Flashcards by bill fingleton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by bill fingleton
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 'He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had obtained it' | Santiago on the subject of his own humility. |
| 'Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.' | Santiago on baseball. |
| 'Why am I so thoughtless? I must get him another shirt and a jacket for the winter.' | Manolin on what he has not done to look after his old mentor. |
| 'When I was you age I was...to Africa and I have seen lions on the beaches in the evening.' | Santiago remembers the lions |
| 'He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women...nor of his wife...He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach.' | Narrator on Santiago's dreams |
| 'It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact.' | Santiago on luck |
| 'The position was only somewhat less intolerable; but he thought of it as almost comfortable.' | Santiago endures |
| 'I wish I had the boy.' | Santiago on Manolin. |
| 'What kind of a hand is that...Cramp then if you want...It will do you no good.' | Santiago distances himself from his own pained hand. |
| 'There are three things that are brothers: the fish and my two hands.' | Santiago reconciles himself with his hand. |
| 'pain does not matter to a man' | Santiago endures |
| 'You are killing me, fish, the old man thought' | Santiago on the marlin. |
| 'A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.' | Santiago endures |
| 'He didn't beat you. Not the fish.' | Manolin reassures Santiago |
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