It is silly not to hope, besides I believe it is a sin." The Old Man and the Sea

Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada.

Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.

Often a man wishes to be alone and a girl wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. But we were never lonely and never afraid when we were together.

Up the road, in his shack, the old man was sleeping again. He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was sitting by him watching him. The old man was dreaming about the lions.

it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.

Some writers are only born to help another writer write one sentence.