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Ernest Hemingway

“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 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
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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