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Quotes from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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1 "What kind of a hand is that," he said.
2 But it was in the working part of his hand.
3 Eat it now and it will strengthen the hand.
4 Now," he said, when his hand had dried, "I must eat the small tuna.
5 It is not the hand's fault and you have been many hours with the fish.
6 He could feel the steady hard pull of the line and his left hand was cramped.
7 "Wake up old man," the boy said and put his hand on one of the old man's knees.
8 He felt the line carefully with his right hand and noticed his hand was bleeding.
9 He reached out for the line and held it softly between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
10 The old man held the line delicately, and softly, with his left hand, unleashed it from the stick.
11 He worked skillfully with the one hand and put his foot on the coils to hold them as he drew his knots tight.
12 Holding the line with his left shoulder again, and bracing on his left hand and arm, he took the tuna off the gaff hook and put the gaff back in place.
13 He was thirsty too and he got down on his knees and, being careful not to jerk on the line, moved as far into the bow as he could get and reached the water bottle with one hand.
14 He let the line slip through his fingers while he reached down with his left hand and made fast the free end of the two reserve coils to the loop of the two reserve coils of the next line.
15 The old man would have liked to keep his hand in the salt water longer but he was afraid of another sudden lurch by the fish and he stood up and braced himself and held his hand up against the sun.
16 He adjusted the sack and carefully worked the line so that it came across a new part of his shoulders and, holding it anchored with his shoulders, he carefully felt the pull of the fish and then felt with his hand the progress of the skiff through the water.
17 Shifting the weight of the line to his left shoulder and kneeling carefully he washed his hand in the ocean and held it there, submerged, for more than a minute watching the blood trail away and the steady movement of the water against his hand as the boat moved.
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