Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is.
As said by the elderly fisherman Santiago in the maritime novella The Old Man and the Sea (1952) by American literary giant Ernest Hemingway. Widely considered to be one of the all-time great works, it won Hemingway a Pulitzer Prize and was instrumental in gaining him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
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One of my favorites 💗
I’m struggling to think of a better loved novella. It’s still surprising he hadn’t won the Nobel Prize before. An incredible writer. I wrote my dissertation on Hemingway and Fitzgerald.
i love this quote and love this book
It would have been easy to choose other ones. The one that sums up the novel, was the one about the fish, though it wouldn’t transfer well for those who haven’t read it. “Fish,” he said softly, aloud, “I’ll stay with you until I am dead.”
Wise words!
For sure. I liked this one too. “Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognise her?”
Great line, Alex. Thank you!
Happy you liked it. There were many wonderful lines in it.
I have love this novella. I read it a long time ago and realised that your purpose, skills, and will are above your destined luck. Even as one sees others around them flourishing it should never be a factor for one to lose their ideals that make them who they are to themselves and people they love. Follow virtues and beliefs for the sake of virtue itself.
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