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Ernest Hemingway, quotes: With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night. With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: What did I know best that I had not written about and Lost? What did I know about truly and care for the most? What did I know best that I had not written about
and Lost? What did I know about truly and care for the most?
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Do you want to keep your knee, young man?''No', I said.'What?''I want it cut off,' I said, 'so I can wear a hook on it. Do you want to keep your knee, young man?'
'No', I said.
'What?'
'I want it cut off,' I said, 'so I can wear a hook on it.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Some writers are only born to help another writer write one sentence. Some writers are only born to help another writer write one sentence.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: For one person who likes Spain there are a dozen who prefer books on her. For one person who likes Spain there are a dozen who prefer books on her.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: There is milk? What luxury! There is milk? What luxury!
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement. He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral. Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: The smallest coffins are the heaviest. The smallest coffins are the heaviest.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Road to hell paved in unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault. Road to hell paved in unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: In those days, there was no money to buy books. In those days, there was no money to buy books.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I know you're right. I'm just low, and when I'm low I talk like a fool. I know you're right. I'm just low, and when I'm low I talk like a fool.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: The only decent bone in her body was mine. The only decent bone in her body was mine.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Find the best writers, pay them to write, and avoid typos at all costs. Find the best writers, pay them to write, and avoid typos at all costs.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love. Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing. Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied. I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: The fish is calm and steady. I will eat it all and then I will be ready. The fish is calm and steady. I will eat it all and then I will be ready.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: You talk like a time-table. Did you have any beautiful adventures? You talk like a time-table. Did you have any beautiful adventures?
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting. You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: 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. 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, quotes: Do you feel better?' he asked.'I feel fine,' she said. 'There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine. Do you feel better?' he asked.
'I feel fine,' she said. 'There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: The war seemed as far away as the football games of someone else's college. The war seemed as far away as the football games of someone else's college.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Never mistake motion for action. Never mistake motion for action.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Scott took LITERATURE so solemnly. He never understood that it was just writing as well as you can and finishing what you start. Scott took LITERATURE so solemnly. He never understood that it was just writing as well as you can and finishing what you start.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Woman are a nuisance on Safari. Woman are a nuisance on Safari.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: The first draft of anything is shit. The first draft of anything is shit.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I would not wish to bring either a son or a daughter into this world as this world is. And also you take all the love I have to give I would not wish to bring either a son or a daughter into this world as this world is. And also you take all the love I have to give
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Never mistake motive for action. Never mistake motive for action.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death. I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Write as well as you can and finish what you start. Write as well as you can and finish what you start.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Dostoevsky was made by being sent to Siberia. Writers are forged in injustice as a sword is forged. Dostoevsky was made by being sent to Siberia. Writers are forged in injustice as a sword is forged.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Besides, I'm not jealous. I'm just so in love with you that there isn't anything else. Besides, I'm not jealous. I'm just so in love with you that there isn't anything else.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: This is a good place," he said."There's a lot of liquor," I agreed. This is a good place," he said.
"There's a lot of liquor," I agreed.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: A writer of fiction is really ... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men. A writer of fiction is really ... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me. I never had to choose a subject - my subject rather chose me.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Some people, when they hear an echo, think they originated the sound. Some people, when they hear an echo, think they originated the sound.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: You could not go back. If you did not go forward what happened? You could not go back. If you did not go forward what happened?
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it. The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I'm not brave any more darling. I'm all broken. They've broken me. I'm not brave any more darling. I'm all broken. They've broken me.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Let's drop the war.''It's very hard. There's no place to drop it. Let's drop the war.'
'It's very hard. There's no place to drop it.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: The grain-fields went up the hillsides. Now as we went higher there was a wind blowing the grain. The grain-fields went up the hillsides. Now as we went higher there was a wind blowing the grain.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I thought that all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be I thought that all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: To hell with the Church when it becomes a State and the hell with the State when it becomes a Church. To hell with the Church when it becomes a State and the hell with the State when it becomes a Church.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: He had loved too much, demanded too much, and he wore it all out. He had loved too much, demanded too much, and he wore it all out.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Everybody is friends when things are bad enough. Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright. We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I've had plenty to worry about one time or other. I'm through worrying. I've had plenty to worry about one time or other. I'm through worrying.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it. Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I felt the death loneliness that comes at the end of every day that is wasted in your life I felt the death loneliness that comes at the end of every day that is wasted in your life
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: You know you're writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket. You know you're writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: They are not sorrows, so much as terrible things. They are not sorrows, so much as terrible things.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I wondered ... if there should be anything wrong with Sen. Joe McCarthy (Republican) of Wisconsin which a .577 solid would not cure. I wondered ... if there should be anything wrong with Sen. Joe McCarthy (Republican) of Wisconsin which a .577 solid would not cure.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: In a war we must all be careful not to hurt each other's feelings. In a war we must all be careful not to hurt each other's feelings.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I have a Thompson SubMachine gun and we shoot sharks with it. As soon as they put their heads out we give them a burst. I have a Thompson SubMachine gun and we shoot sharks with it. As soon as they put their heads out we give them a burst.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: And this,' he was saying aloud. 'And this. And this. And this,' he was saying aloud. 'And this. And this.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: A cat has absolute honesty. A cat has absolute honesty.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Life is pain, so live it up while you can. Life is pain, so live it up while you can.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it. I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: In a snowstorm it always seemed, for a time, as though there were no enemies. In a snowstorm it always seemed, for a time, as though there were no enemies.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Don't bother with churches, government buildings or city squares, if you want to know about a culture, spend a night in its bars Don't bother with churches, government buildings or city squares, if you want to know about a culture, spend a night in its bars
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre. Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I kissed her neck and shoulders. I felt faint with loving her so much. I kissed her neck and shoulders. I felt faint with loving her so much.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Wine is a grand thing," I said. "It makes you forget all the bad. Wine is a grand thing," I said. "It makes you forget all the bad.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: He killed more men than the cholera. He killed more men than the cholera.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: It is silly not to hope, It is silly not to hope,
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: If I do it you won't ever worry?''I won't worry about that because it's perfectly simple.'Then I'll do it. Because I don't care about me. If I do it you won't ever worry?'
'I won't worry about that because it's perfectly simple.'
Then I'll do it. Because I don't care about me.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: And we'll never love anyone else but each other. And we'll never love anyone else but each other.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I was blown up while we were eating cheese. I was blown up while we were eating cheese.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Paris is so very beautiful that it satisfies something in you that is always hungry in America. Paris is so very beautiful that it satisfies something in you that is always hungry in America.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve. When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Don't ever kid yourself with too much dialectics. Don't ever kid yourself with too much dialectics.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: No one ever stopped when they were winning. No one ever stopped when they were winning.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Half a million dead wopsAnd he got a kick out of itThe son of a bitch. Half a million dead wops
And he got a kick out of it
The son of a bitch.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I felt very lonely when they were all there. I felt very lonely when they were all there.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: A severed femoral artery empties itself faster than you can believe. A severed femoral artery empties itself faster than you can believe.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Do you suppose it will always go on?""No.""What's to stop it?"It will crack somewhere. Do you suppose it will always go on?"
"No."
"What's to stop it?"
It will crack somewhere.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: A writer without a sense of justice or injustice would be better off editing the yearbook for a school for exceptional children. A writer without a sense of justice or injustice would be better off editing the yearbook for a school for exceptional children.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I am an old man who will live until I die, Anselmo said. I am an old man who will live until I die, Anselmo said.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I never had to choose my subject- my subject rather chose me. I never had to choose my subject- my subject rather chose me.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Good. Coffee is good for you. It's the caffeine in it. Caffeine, we are here. Caffeine puts a man on her horse and a woman in his grave. Good. Coffee is good for you. It's the caffeine in it. Caffeine, we are here. Caffeine puts a man on her horse and a woman in his grave.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up. Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars. People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come. As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Lie life through its fullest Lie life through its fullest
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I am? I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I am?
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends. Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes. If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: She told me, and she would be. She told me that I was not a good enough writer to be published there She told me, and she would be. She told me that I was not a good enough writer to be published there
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine. Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: He used the word gamut. He used the word gamut.
Ernest Hemingway, quotes: Now, feel. I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other. And feel now. Thou hast no heart but mine. Now, feel. I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other. And feel now. Thou hast no heart but mine.

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