No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it’s not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough.
Ernest Hemingway
War, Reality, Reflection, Humanity, Mortality
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“The world breaks everyone 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.” Ernest Hemingway
Resilience, Strength, Humanity, Life, Reflection
Ernest Hemingway Resilience, Strength, Humanity, Life, Reflection“I write description in longhand because that’s hardest for me and you’re closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works.” Ernest Hemingway
Writing, Technique, Process, Creativity, Craft
Ernest Hemingway Writing, Technique, Process, Creativity, Craft“I don’t. I don’t want anybody else to touch you. I’m silly. I get furious if they touch you.” Ernest Hemingway
Jealousy, Love, Emotion, Relationships, Vulnerability
Ernest Hemingway Jealousy, Love, Emotion, Relationships, Vulnerability“Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.” Ernest Hemingway
Expectations, Africa, Reflection, Life, Adventure
Ernest Hemingway Expectations, Africa, Reflection, Life, Adventure“But you always fall for somebody else and then it’s all right. Fall for them but don’t let them ruin you.” Ernest Hemingway
Love, Heartbreak, Resilience, Relationships, Advice
Ernest Hemingway Love, Heartbreak, Resilience, Relationships, Advice“A writer of fiction is really a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men.” Ernest Hemingway
Fiction, Writing, Truth, Creativity, Reflection
Ernest Hemingway Fiction, Writing, Truth, Creativity, Reflection“Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and destroys your reserves.” Ernest Hemingway
Worry, Writing, Health, Reflection, Creativity
Ernest Hemingway Worry, Writing, Health, Reflection, Creativity“No one ever stopped when they were winning.” Ernest Hemingway
Human Nature, Ambition, Competition, Reflection, Philosophy
Ernest Hemingway Human Nature, Ambition, Competition, Reflection, Philosophy“I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadn’t.” Ernest Hemingway
Writing, Creativity, Comparison, Influence, Aspirations
Ernest Hemingway Writing, Creativity, Comparison, Influence, Aspirations“A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. It smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee-glasses and the wet circles left by wine glasses.” Ernest Hemingway
Observation, Sensory, Reflection, Experience, Atmosphere
Ernest Hemingway Observation, Sensory, Reflection, Experience, Atmosphere“You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.” Ernest Hemingway
Justice, Conflict, Reflection, Morality, Ethics
Ernest Hemingway Justice, Conflict, Reflection, Morality, Ethics“My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren’t with me I haven’t a thing in the world.” Ernest Hemingway
Love, Loneliness, Reflection, Attachment, Life
Ernest Hemingway Love, Loneliness, Reflection, Attachment, Life“What I learned constructive about women is that no matter how old they get, always think of them the way they were on the best day they ever had.” Ernest Hemingway
Women, Perception, Reflection, Memory, Growth
Ernest Hemingway Women, Perception, Reflection, Memory, Growth“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” Ernest Hemingway
Nobility, Self-improvement, Reflection, Growth, Humanity
Ernest Hemingway Nobility, Self-improvement, Reflection, Growth, Humanity“Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.” Ernest Hemingway
Friendship, Hardship, Reflection, Life, Humanity
Ernest Hemingway Friendship, Hardship, Reflection, Life, Humanity“I felt the death loneliness that comes at the end of every day that is wasted in your life.” Ernest Hemingway
Loneliness, Reflection, Time, Life, Regret
Ernest Hemingway Loneliness, Reflection, Time, Life, Regret