“ It was never what he had done,but always what he could do. And he had chosen to make his living with something else instead of a pen or a pencil Ernest Hemingway
“ It was dark now as it becomes dark quickly after the sun sets in September. He lay against the worn wood of the bow and rested all that he could. The first stars were out. He did not know the name of… Ernest Hemingway
“ It is the light of course but it is necessary that the place be clean and pleasant. You do not want music. Certainly you do not want music. Nor can you stand before a bar with dignity although that is… Ernest Hemingway
“ In writing there are many secrets too. Nothing is ever lost no matter how it seems at the time and what is left out will always show and make the strength of what is left in. Ernest Hemingway
“ I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death. Ernest Hemingway
“ I know the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful… Ernest Hemingway
“ I have tried to write by the old rule that how good a book is should be judged by the man who writes it by the excellence of the material that he eliminates. Ernest Hemingway
“ I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to; we never did such things. Ernest Hemingway
“ I don't like to leave anything,' the man said. 'I don't like to leave things behind. Ernest Hemingway
“ I do not understand these things, he thought. But 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
“ Hem, you know I don't think that owner's wife where you live likes me. She wouldn't let me wait upstairs for you.''I'll tell her,' I said.'Don't bother. I can always wait here. It's very pleasant in t… Ernest Hemingway
“ He was going to sleep a little while. He lay still and death was not there. It must have gone around another street. It went in pairs, on bicycles, and moved absolutely silently on the pavements. Ernest Hemingway
“ He took the bait like a male and he pulls like a male and his fight has no panic in it. I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I sin? Ernest Hemingway
“ Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.… Ernest Hemingway
“ 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 f… Ernest Hemingway
