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“No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.” Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” - 1865

“Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought.” Ernest Hemingway, “The Old Man and the Sea” - 1952

“The setting of the sun is a difficult time for all fish.” Ernest Hemingway, “The Old Man and the Sea” - 1952

“My mother is a fish.” William Faulkner, “As I Lay Dying” - 1930

“They did not know that the quicker a fresh-water fish is on the fire after he is caught the better he is; and they reflected little upon what a sauce open-air sleeping, open-air exercise, bathing, and a large ingredient of hunger make, too.” Mark Twain, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” - 1876

“You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is...” Ernest Hemingway, “The Old Man and the Sea” - 1952

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