海明威的文字簡潔樸實、感人至深：
　　人是不可以輕易被打垮的，人可以被毀滅，但不能屈服。
　　Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
　　每天都是新的一天。
　　Every day is a new day.
　　撞大運固然不錯，不過我寧愿有精湛的技能，機會只會眷顧有準備的人。
　　It is better to be lucky, but I would rather be exact.
　　Then when luck comes, you are ready.
　　絕望是愚蠢的，而且是一種罪過。
　　It is silly not to hope. Besides it is a sin.
　　這些都不是新的傷口，像是毫無聲息的沙漠里被侵蝕的地方一樣古老。
　　None of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.
　　他身上的一切都看似那么陳舊，而唯獨他的雙眼，如海水般湛藍，充滿著活力且不可戰(zhàn)勝。
　　Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.
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