“ It was a wonderful meal at Michaud’s after we got in; but when we had finished and there was no question of hunger any more the feeling that had been like hunger when we were on the bridge was still t… Ernest Hemingway
“ If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact. Ernest Hemingway
“ If a four-letter man marries a five-letter woman, he was thinking, what number of letters would their children be? Ernest Hemingway
“ I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sente… Ernest Hemingway
“ I only like two other things; one is bad for my work and the other is over in half an hour or fifteen minutes. Sometimes less. Sometimes a good deal less. Ernest Hemingway
“ I dried my hands and took out my pocket-book from the inside of my tunic hanging on the wall. Rinaldi took the note, folded it without rising from the bed and slid it in his breeches pocket. He smiled… Ernest Hemingway
“ I don't know, I said. There isn't always an explanation for everything.Oh, isn't there? I was brought up to think there was.That's awfully nice. Ernest Hemingway
“ He was not sure that there were any great moments. Things were not the same and now life only came in flashes. He had flashes of the old greatness with his bulls, but they were not of value because he… Ernest Hemingway
“ He smiled as only the truly shy can smile. It was not the easy grin of the confident, nor the quick slashing smile of the extremely durable and the wicked. It had no relation with the poised, intently… Ernest Hemingway
“ He missed the prayers but he thought it would be unfair and hypocritical to say them and he did not wish to ask any favors or for any different treatment than all the men were receiving. Ernest Hemingway
“ He did not say that because he knew that if you said a good thing it might not happen. Ernest Hemingway
“ Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters. Ernest Hemingway
“ Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man. Ernest Hemingway
