1、"The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck."
2、"Everything about him was old except his eyes."
3、"But man is not made for defeat," he said、"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
4、"It is better to be lucky、But I would rather be exact、Then when luck comes you are ready."
5、"The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats."
6、"The sharks seemed to know that something was happening to the old man, and they all swam faster and more purposefully."
7、"But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours."
8、"Now is no time to think of what you do not have、Think of what you can do with what there is."
9、"But a man is not made for defeat," he said、"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
10、"Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman," he thought、"But that was the only thing I was ever any good at."
11、"The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore."
12、"I wish I could remember the first day、I wish I could remember the first time I caught a fish to my own rod."
13、"The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea."
14、"He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility、But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride."
