Ernest Hemingway

United States
21 Jul 1899 // 2 Jul 1961
Author / Journalist

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An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.

The Sun Also Rises
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

A Moveable Feast
Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.

A Moveable Feast
You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

The Sun Also Rises
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.
Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it - don't cheat with it.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

The Old Man and the Sea
There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
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