Ernest Hemingway

Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure

By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of read more

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.