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
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“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.” Ernest Hemingway
Violence, Humanity, Obsession, Morality, Nature
Ernest Hemingway Violence, Humanity, Obsession, Morality, Nature“How lazily the sun goes down in Granada, it hides beneath the water, it conceals in the Alhambra!” Ernest Hemingway
Nature, Reflection, Beauty, Granada, Experience
Ernest Hemingway Nature, Reflection, Beauty, Granada, Experience“Every day above earth is a good day.” Ernest Hemingway
Optimism, Life, Reflection, Perspective, Gratitude
Ernest Hemingway Optimism, Life, Reflection, Perspective, Gratitude“Never sit at a table when you can stand at the bar.” Ernest Hemingway
Socializing, Enjoyment, Life, Reflection, Perspective
Ernest Hemingway Socializing, Enjoyment, Life, Reflection, Perspective“Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.” Ernest Hemingway
Language, Reality, War, Reflection, Truth
Ernest Hemingway Language, Reality, War, Reflection, Truth“There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war. The only true writing that came through during the war was in poetry. One reason for this is that poets are not arrested as quickly as prose writers.” Ernest Hemingway
War, Writing, Poetry, Reflection, Literature
Ernest Hemingway War, Writing, Poetry, Reflection, Literature“I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about.” Ernest Hemingway
Writing, Knowledge, Reflection, Creativity, Process
Ernest Hemingway Writing, Knowledge, Reflection, Creativity, Process“If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.” Ernest Hemingway
Observation, Writing, Detail, Experience, Creativity
Ernest Hemingway Observation, Writing, Detail, Experience, Creativity“I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one’s own body.” Ernest Hemingway
Pain, Body, Reflection, Frustration, Humanity
Ernest Hemingway Pain, Body, Reflection, Frustration, Humanity“You’ll lose it, if you talk about it.” Ernest Hemingway
Communication, Emotion, Reflection, Secrets, Experience
Ernest Hemingway Communication, Emotion, Reflection, Secrets, Experience“The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves.” Ernest Hemingway
Writing, Humility, Artistry, Reflection, Perspective
Ernest Hemingway Writing, Humility, Artistry, Reflection, Perspective“I never had to choose a subject – my subject rather chose me.” Ernest Hemingway
Writing, Inspiration, Reflection, Creativity, Purpose
Ernest Hemingway Writing, Inspiration, Reflection, Creativity, Purpose“You’re beautiful, like a May fly.” Ernest Hemingway
Beauty, Nature, Comparison, Reflection, Emotion
Ernest Hemingway Beauty, Nature, Comparison, Reflection, Emotion“As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come.” Ernest Hemingway
Writing, Creativity, Process, Inspiration, Motivation
Ernest Hemingway Writing, Creativity, Process, Inspiration, Motivation“All stories, if continued far enough, end in death.” Ernest Hemingway
Mortality, Stories, Reflection, Life, Humanity
Ernest Hemingway Mortality, Stories, Reflection, Life, Humanity“Every damn thing is your own fault, if you are any good.” Ernest Hemingway
Responsibility, Accountability, Reflection, Growth, Success
Ernest Hemingway Responsibility, Accountability, Reflection, Growth, Success“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.” Ernest Hemingway
Emotion, Writing, Connection, Humanity, Reflection
Ernest Hemingway Emotion, Writing, Connection, Humanity, Reflection