Ernest Hemingway

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.

There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. read more

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.

Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.

Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.