Ernest Hemingway quotes - page 22

You know that fiction, prose rather, is possibly the roughest trade of all in writing. You do not have the reference, the old important reference. You have the sheet of blank paper, the pencil, and the obligation to invent truer than things can be true. (Ernest Hemingway)
Every young English professor sees gold in them dirty sheets now. Imagine what they can do with the soiled sheets of four legal beds by the same writer and you can see why their tongues are slavering. View quote
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I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious and sacrifice and the expression in vain. View quote
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A serious writer is not to be confused with a solemn writer. View quote
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No well-run yacht basin in Southern waters is complete without at least two sun-burned, salt bleached-headed Esthonians who are waiting for a check from their last article. View quote
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Writers are forged in injustice as a sword is forged. View quote
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God knows I had not wanted to fall in love with her. I had not wanted to fall in love with any one. But God knows I had and I lay on the bed in the room of the hospital in Milan and all sorts of things went through my head but I felt wonderful... View quote
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Perhaps as you went along you did learn something. I did not care what it was all about. All I wanted to know was how to live in it. Maybe if you found out how to live in it you learned from that what it was all about. View quote
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People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself. View quote
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You roll back to me. View quote
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Never, never tell them. Try and remember that. Never tell anyone anything ever. Never tell anyone anything again. (Ernest Hemingway)
It's funny," I said. "It's very funny. And it's a lot of fun, too, to be in love." "Do you think so?" her eyes looked flat again. "I don't mean fun that way. In a way it's an enjoyable feeling." "No," she said. "I think it's hell on earth. View quote
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You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. View quote
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Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. 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. View quote
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I kissed her neck and shoulders. I felt faint with loving her so much. View quote
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Strong in all the Broken Places. View quote
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There is no reason why because it is dark you should look at things differently from when it is light. View quote
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I know you're right. I'm just low, and when I'm low I talk like a fool. View quote
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But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. View quote
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Do you always get so hungry when you make love?” "When you love somebody. View quote
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I'm getting as bored with dying as with everything else, he thought. 'It's a bore,' he said out loud. 'What is, my dear?' 'Anything you do too bloody long. (Ernest Hemingway)
Be patient, hand," he said. "I do this for you. View quote
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Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similies (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition. View quote
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In life, one must (first) last. View quote
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The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. View quote
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