“Perhaps it was a sin to kill the fish. I suppose it was even though I did it to keep me alive and feed many people. But then everything is a sin. Do not think about sin. It is much too late for that and there are people who are paid to do it.”
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
5 responses so far ↓
1 Greg // Jan 22, 2008 at 10:33 am
Paid to sin? And here I am, wasting my time, sinning for free!
2 armchairoutfitter // Jan 22, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Nice try, Greg. I think he meant that there are people who are paid to think about sin. Although, in some states . . . but that’s another discussion entirely!
3 Greg // Jan 23, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Well that doesn’t help me! No one’s gonna pay me to think!
4 Theresa // Jan 27, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Speaking as a Catholic – whom everyone knows are the pros in the realm of guilt – methinks those people are often paid to make US think about sin.
5 armchairoutfitter // Jan 27, 2008 at 8:12 pm
And the people said: “Amen.”
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