Ernest Hemingway ( 10 of 45 )
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.
By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure
By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the read more
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 movable feast.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
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.
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over
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.
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.
There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died read more
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
