Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
Ernest Hemingway
Mortality, Storytelling, Truth, Reflection, Life
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“Experiencing differences is crucial to the human condition. Especially when that difference is over the head, blower powder.” Ernest Hemingway
Differences, Humanity, Experience, Growth, Reflection
Ernest Hemingway Differences, Humanity, Experience, Growth, Reflection“We have very primitive emotions. It’s impossible not to be competitive. Spoils everything, though.” Ernest Hemingway
Human Nature, Emotion, Competition, Reflection, Society
Ernest Hemingway Human Nature, Emotion, Competition, Reflection, Society“From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and all those you cannot know, you make something through your invention that is not a representation but a whole new thing truer than anything true and alive, and you make it alive, and if you make it well enough, you give it immortality.” Ernest Hemingway
Creation, Writing, Invention, Reflection, Immortality
Ernest Hemingway Creation, Writing, Invention, Reflection, Immortality“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing.” Ernest Hemingway
Mastery, Courage, Aging, Reflection, Growth
Ernest Hemingway Mastery, Courage, Aging, Reflection, Growth“The most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen.” Ernest Hemingway
Beauty, Strength, Admiration, Experience, Nature
Ernest Hemingway Beauty, Strength, Admiration, Experience, Nature“To be able to say: I loved this person, we had a hell of a nice time together, it’s over but in a way it will never be over and I do know that I for sure loved this person, to be able to say that and mean it, that’s rare. That’s rare and valuable.” Ernest Hemingway
Love, Relationships, Reflection, Loss, Value
Ernest Hemingway Love, Relationships, Reflection, Loss, Value“Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?” Ernest Hemingway
Aging, Reflection, Time, Life, Perspective
Ernest Hemingway Aging, Reflection, Time, Life, Perspective“I was blown up while we were eating cheese.” Ernest Hemingway
Surrealism, Humor, Experience, Life, Irony
Ernest Hemingway Surrealism, Humor, Experience, Life, Irony“Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.” Ernest Hemingway
Art, Bullfighting, Danger, Honor, Performance
Ernest Hemingway Art, Bullfighting, Danger, Honor, Performance“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.” Ernest Hemingway
Travel, Experience, Exploration, Reflection, Life
Ernest Hemingway Travel, Experience, Exploration, Reflection, Life“You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn’t any woman and there isn’t any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane.” Ernest Hemingway
Love, Beauty, Experience, Reflection, Passion
Ernest Hemingway Love, Beauty, Experience, Reflection, Passion“But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. He held her feeling she was all of life there was and it was true.” Ernest Hemingway
Love, Connection, Emotion, Reflection, Vulnerability
Ernest Hemingway Love, Connection, Emotion, Reflection, Vulnerability“The world was not wheeling anymore. It was just very clear and bright and inclined to blur at the edges.” Ernest Hemingway
Perception, Clarity, Reality, Reflection, Experience
Ernest Hemingway Perception, Clarity, Reality, Reflection, Experience“The best ammunition against lies is the truth; there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog, and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.” Ernest Hemingway
Truth, Lies, Communication, Society, Clarity
Ernest Hemingway Truth, Lies, Communication, Society, Clarity“The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist.” Ernest Hemingway
Night, Mystery, Reflection, Life, Imagination
Ernest Hemingway Night, Mystery, Reflection, Life, Imagination“I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred.” Ernest Hemingway
Writing, Profanity, Reflection, Literature, Art
Ernest Hemingway Writing, Profanity, Reflection, Literature, Art