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16635. “The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed animals” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16635. “The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed animals” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 29, 2020

16634. “Being against evil doesn’t make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like a tide… I just want to destroy them. But when you start taking pleasure in it you are awfully close to the thing you’re fighting.” ― Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream

16634. “Being against evil doesn’t make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like a tide… I just want to destroy them. But when you start taking pleasure in it you are awfully close to the thing you’re fighting.” ― Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream April 29, 2020

16633. “In the morning there was a big wind blowing and the waves were running high up on the beach and he was awake a long time before he remembered that his heart was broken.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

16633. “In the morning there was a big wind blowing and the waves were running high up on the beach and he was awake a long time before he remembered that his heart was broken.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway April 29, 2020

16632. “There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16632. “There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 29, 2020

16631. “If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16631. “If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 29, 2020

16630. “Out of all the things you could not have there were some things that you could have and one of those was to know when you were happy and to enjoy all of it while it was there and it was good.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16630. “Out of all the things you could not have there were some things that you could have and one of those was to know when you were happy and to enjoy all of it while it was there and it was good.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 29, 2020

16629. “It could be worse,’ Passini said respectfully. “There is nothing worse than war.” Defeat is worse.” I do not believe it,” Passini said still respectfully. “What is defeat? You go home.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16629. “It could be worse,’ Passini said respectfully. “There is nothing worse than war.” Defeat is worse.” I do not believe it,” Passini said still respectfully. “What is defeat? You go home.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 29, 2020

16628. “You must be prepared to work always without applause.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16628. “You must be prepared to work always without applause.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 29, 2020

16627. “He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16627. “He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 29, 2020

16626. “This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16626. “This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 29, 2020

16625. “I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16625. “I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 29, 2020

16624. “I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try and make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. then you write for who you love whether they can read or write or not and whether they are alive or dead.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16624. “I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try and make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. then you write for who you love whether they can read or write or not and whether they are alive or dead.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 29, 2020

16623. “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” ― Hemingway, Ernest

16623. “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” ― Hemingway, Ernest April 29, 2020

16622. “You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.” “Yes.” “It’s sort of what we have instead of God.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16622. “You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.” “Yes.” “It’s sort of what we have instead of God.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 28, 2020

16621. “Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Clean Well Lighted Place

16621. “Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Clean Well Lighted Place April 28, 2020

16620. “If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16620. “If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 28, 2020

16619. “Fish,” he said, “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16619. “Fish,” he said, “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 28, 2020

16618. “You’ll ache. And you’re going to love it. It will crush you. And you’re still going to love all of it. Doesn’t it sound lovely beyond belief?” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden

16618. “You’ll ache. And you’re going to love it. It will crush you. And you’re still going to love all of it. Doesn’t it sound lovely beyond belief?” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden April 28, 2020

16617. “Good writing is good conversation, only more so.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16617. “Good writing is good conversation, only more so.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 28, 2020

16616. “I thought that all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

16616. “I thought that all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast April 28, 2020

16615. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16615. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 28, 2020

16614. “Never sit a table when you can stand at the bar.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16614. “Never sit a table when you can stand at the bar.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 28, 2020

16613. “I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16613. “I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 28, 2020

16612. “No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16612. “No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 28, 2020

16611. “He’ll never be frightened. He knows too damn much.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16611. “He’ll never be frightened. He knows too damn much.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 28, 2020

16610. “Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16610. “Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16609. “My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren’t with me I haven’t a thing in the world.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16609. “My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren’t with me I haven’t a thing in the world.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16608. “Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16608. “Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16607. “Road to hell paved in unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16607. “Road to hell paved in unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16606. “But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. He held her feeling she was all of life there was and it was true.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16606. “But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. He held her feeling she was all of life there was and it was true.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16605. “No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16605. “No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16604. “You won’t do our things with another girl, or say the same things, will you?” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16604. “You won’t do our things with another girl, or say the same things, will you?” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16603. “Oh, darling, I’ve been so miserable.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16603. “Oh, darling, I’ve been so miserable.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16602. “The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without” ― Ernest Hemingway

16602. “The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16601. “There isn’t any me. I’m you. Don’t make up a separate me.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16601. “There isn’t any me. I’m you. Don’t make up a separate me.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16600. “If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

16600. “If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast April 27, 2020

16599. “Hunger is good discipline.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

16599. “Hunger is good discipline.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast April 27, 2020

16598. “I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, “Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16598. “I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, “Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16597. “Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary…” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

16597. “Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary…” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast April 27, 2020

16596. “Fish,” he said softly, aloud, “I’ll stay with you until I am dead.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16596. “Fish,” he said softly, aloud, “I’ll stay with you until I am dead.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16595. “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 it more?” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16595. “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 it more?” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16594. “I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16594. “I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16593. “When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16593. “When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16592. “You’re not a moron. You’re only a case of arrested development.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16592. “You’re not a moron. You’re only a case of arrested development.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16591. “No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16591. “No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 27, 2020

16590. “You’re an expatriate. You’ve lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake European standards have ruined you. You drink yourself to death. You become obsessed with sex. You spend all your time talking, not working. You are an expatriate, see? You hang around cafes.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16590. “You’re an expatriate. You’ve lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake European standards have ruined you. You drink yourself to death. You become obsessed with sex. You spend all your time talking, not working. You are an expatriate, see? You hang around cafes.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16589. “Cowards die a thousand deaths, but the brave only die once.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16589. “Cowards die a thousand deaths, but the brave only die once.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16588. “Never fall in love?” “Always,” said the count. “I am always in love.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16588. “Never fall in love?” “Always,” said the count. “I am always in love.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16587. “As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16587. “As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16586. “Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it’s not much use.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16586. “Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it’s not much use.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16585. “Everybody has strange things that mean things to them. You couldn’t help it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden

16585. “Everybody has strange things that mean things to them. You couldn’t help it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden April 27, 2020

16585. “I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16585. “I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16584. “Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16584. “Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16583. “It is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16583. “It is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16582. “When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16582. “When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16581. “There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16581. “There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16579. “Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16579. “Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16578. “My heart’s broken,’ he thought. ‘If I feel this way my heart must be broken.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

16578. “My heart’s broken,’ he thought. ‘If I feel this way my heart must be broken.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16577. “For what are we born if not to aid one another?” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16577. “For what are we born if not to aid one another?” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 27, 2020

16576. “I’m with you. No matter what else you have in your head I’m with you and I love you.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden

16576. “I’m with you. No matter what else you have in your head I’m with you and I love you.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden April 27, 2020

16575. “Any man’s life, told truly, is a novel…” ― Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon

16575. “Any man’s life, told truly, is a novel…” ― Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon April 27, 2020

16574. “A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16574. “A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16573. “I’ve seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16573. “I’ve seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16572. “To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don’t let it.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16572. “To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don’t let it.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16571. “Death is like an old whore in a bar–I’ll buy her a drink but I won’t go upstairs with her” ― Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not

16571. “Death is like an old whore in a bar–I’ll buy her a drink but I won’t go upstairs with her” ― Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not April 27, 2020

16570. “They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

16570. “They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast April 27, 2020

16569. “Wine is a grand thing,” I said. “It makes you forget all the bad.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16569. “Wine is a grand thing,” I said. “It makes you forget all the bad.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16568. “There isn’t always an explanation for everything.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16568. “There isn’t always an explanation for everything.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16567. “I did not care what it was all about. All I wanted to know was how to live in it. Maybe if you found out how to live in it you learned from that what is was all about.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16567. “I did not care what it was all about. All I wanted to know was how to live in it. Maybe if you found out how to live in it you learned from that what is was all about.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16566. “Listen,” I told him. “Don’t be so tough so early in the morning. I’m sure you’ve cut plenty of people’s throats. I haven’t even had my coffee yet.” ― Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not

16566. “Listen,” I told him. “Don’t be so tough so early in the morning. I’m sure you’ve cut plenty of people’s throats. I haven’t even had my coffee yet.” ― Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not April 27, 2020

16565. “You know I don’t love any one but you. You shouldn’t mind because some one else loved me.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16565. “You know I don’t love any one but you. You shouldn’t mind because some one else loved me.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16564. “It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16564. “It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16563. “If my Valentine you won’t be, I’ll hang myself on your Christmas tree.” ― Ernest Hemingway, 88 Poems

16563. “If my Valentine you won’t be, I’ll hang myself on your Christmas tree.” ― Ernest Hemingway, 88 Poems April 27, 2020

16562. “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It’s been that way all this year. It’s been that way so many times. All of war is that way.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16562. “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It’s been that way all this year. It’s been that way so many times. All of war is that way.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16561. “Do you suffer when you write? I don’t at all. Suffer like a bastard when don’t write, or just before, and feel empty and fucked out afterwards. But never feel as good as while writing.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16561. “Do you suffer when you write? I don’t at all. Suffer like a bastard when don’t write, or just before, and feel empty and fucked out afterwards. But never feel as good as while writing.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16560. “This is a good place,” he said. “There’s a lot of liquor,” I agreed.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16560. “This is a good place,” he said. “There’s a lot of liquor,” I agreed.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16559. “This was a big storm and he might as well enjoy it. It was ruining everything, but you might as well enjoy it” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16559. “This was a big storm and he might as well enjoy it. It was ruining everything, but you might as well enjoy it” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 27, 2020

16558. “I had an inheritance from my father, It was the moon and the sun. And though I roam all over the world, The spending of it’s never done.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16558. “I had an inheritance from my father, It was the moon and the sun. And though I roam all over the world, The spending of it’s never done.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 27, 2020

16557. “If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16557. “If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16556. “We’re stronger in the places that we’ve been broken.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16556. “We’re stronger in the places that we’ve been broken.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16555. “You’ve such a lovely temperature.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16555. “You’ve such a lovely temperature.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16554. “The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16554. “The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 27, 2020

16553. “How little we know of what there is to know. I wish that I were going to live a long time instead of going to die today because I have learned much about life in these four days; more, I think than in all other time. I’d like to be an old man to really know. I wonder if you keep on learning or if there is only a certain amount each man can understand. I thought I knew so many things that I know nothing of. I wish there was more time.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls

16553. “How little we know of what there is to know. I wish that I were going to live a long time instead of going to die today because I have learned much about life in these four days; more, I think than in all other time. I’d like to be an old man to really know. I wonder if you keep on learning or if there is only a certain amount each man can understand. I thought I knew so many things that I know nothing of. I wish there was more time.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls April 27, 2020

16552. “The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing. ” ― Ernest Hemingway

16552. “The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing. ” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16551. “Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16551. “Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16550. “Oh, darling, you will be good to me, won’t you? Because we’re going to have a strange life.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16550. “Oh, darling, you will be good to me, won’t you? Because we’re going to have a strange life.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16549. “The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.” ― Ernest Hemingway

16549. “The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.” ― Ernest Hemingway April 27, 2020

16548. “If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16548. “If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16547. “Everyone behaves badly–given the chance.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16547. “Everyone behaves badly–given the chance.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16546. “He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. Many must have it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Clean Well Lighted Place

16546. “He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. Many must have it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Clean Well Lighted Place April 27, 2020

16545. “You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

16545. “You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast April 27, 2020

16544. “The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one’…. (The man who first said that) was probably a coward…. He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he’s intelligent. He simply doesn’t mention them.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16544. “The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one’…. (The man who first said that) was probably a coward…. He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he’s intelligent. He simply doesn’t mention them.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16543. “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Wild Years

16543. “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Wild Years April 27, 2020

16542. “Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?” ― Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women

16542. “Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?” ― Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women April 27, 2020

16541. “I’m not unfaithful, darling. I’ve plenty of faults but I’m very faithful. You’ll be sick of me I’ll be so faithful.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

16541. “I’m not unfaithful, darling. I’ve plenty of faults but I’m very faithful. You’ll be sick of me I’ll be so faithful.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms April 27, 2020

16540. “It’s silly not to hope. It’s a sin he thought.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16540. “It’s silly not to hope. It’s a sin he thought.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16539. “I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

16539. “I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls April 27, 2020

16538. “Most people were heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16538. “Most people were heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020

16537. “Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

16537. “Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises April 27, 2020

16536. “I may not be as strong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

16536. “I may not be as strong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea April 27, 2020