1. “He was never tired of the ocean.”

2. “But man is not made for defeat.”

3. “The old man knew that a fish that big was no more afraid of him than he was of the big fish.”

4. “The old man had never seen such a big fish, and he was wondering what he had in his mind.”

5. “He was a strange old man with strange thoughts.”

6. “The old man felt a great now, as he looked out over the sea and saw the first light of the new day.”

7. “He knew that he was a gypsy, and that he was going to fish and fish and fish until he died.”

8. “The old man was a simple man and he knew what to do. He had learned what to do without a teacher.”

9. “The old man had learned many things in his life, but the most important thing he had learned was to be patient.”

10. “The old man had a dream, and he was going to catch the fish of his dreams.”