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Ernest Hemingway Quotes

I was young and not gloomy and there were always strange and comic things that happened in the worst time Picture Quote #1

If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution Picture Quote #1

By then I knew that everything good and bad left an emptiness when it stopped. But if it was bad, the emptiness filled up by itself. If it was good you could only fill it by finding something better Picture Quote #1

He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement Picture Quote #1

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Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready Picture Quote #1

Don’t you like to write letters? I do because it’s such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you’ve done something Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You know I don’t love any one but you. You shouldn’t mind because some one else loved me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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He saw the girl watching him and he smiled at her. It was an old smile that he had been using for fifty years, ever since he first smiled Picture Quote #1

We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die Picture Quote #1

There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Bigotry is an odd thing. To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Continence is the foe of heresy Picture Quote #1

Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite on the nail Picture Quote #1

I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it Picture Quote #1

Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet Picture Quote #1

And bed, he thought. Bed is my friend. Just bed, he thought. Bed will be a great thing. It is easy when you are beaten, he thought. I never knew how easy it was. And what beat you, the thought Picture Quote #1

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I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before Picture Quote #1

If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span Picture Quote #1

Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do Picture Quote #1

Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you’ve lived nearly half the time you have to live already? Picture Quote #1

Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought to the reading Picture Quote #1

Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing... For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day Picture Quote #1

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I was young and not gloomy and there were always strange and comic things that happened in the worst time (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) 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 Quotes) I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) By then I knew that everything good and bad left an emptiness when it stopped. But if it was bad, the emptiness filled up by itself. If it was good you could only fill it by finding something better (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Don’t you like to write letters? I do because it’s such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you’ve done something (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) 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 Quotes) You know I don’t love any one but you. You shouldn’t mind because some one else loved me (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) He saw the girl watching him and he smiled at her. It was an old smile that he had been using for fifty years, ever since he first smiled (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) 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 Quotes) Bigotry is an odd thing. To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Continence is the foe of heresy (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite on the nail (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) And bed, he thought. Bed is my friend. Just bed, he thought. Bed will be a great thing. It is easy when you are beaten, he thought. I never knew how easy it was. And what beat you, the thought (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you’ve lived nearly half the time you have to live already? (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought to the reading (Ernest Hemingway Quotes) Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing... For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day (Ernest Hemingway Quotes)

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