From the Bookshelf of The Bibliophiles…

Then there is the other secret.
There isn't any symbolism [sic].
The sea is the sea.
The old man is an old man.
The boy is a boy and the fish

Then there is the other secret.
There isn't any symbolism [sic].
The sea is the sea.
The old man is an old man.
The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish.
The shark are all sharks no better and no worse.
All the symbolism that people say is shit.
What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know.'