“ You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more? 'You think too much, old man' he said aloud. Ernest Hemingway
“ You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you… Ernest Hemingway
“ Wipe the pap of your mother's breast off thy lips and give me a hatful of that dirt,' the man with his chin on the ground said. 'No one of us will see the sun go down this night. Ernest Hemingway
“ Why do they have to be such damned fanatics? We chased good and we will always fight. But I hope we are not fanatics. Ernest Hemingway
“ Where did you wash? the boy thought. The village water supply was two streets down the road. I must have water here for him, the boy thought, and soap and a good towel. Why am I so thoughtless? I must… Ernest Hemingway
“ When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everythin… Ernest Hemingway
“ We’re no kin, Thomas Hudson said. We just used to live in the same town and make some of the same mistakes. Ernest Hemingway
“ Well,' Bill said, 'we might as well have another drink.' 'Damned good idea,' Mike said. 'One never gets anywhere by discussing finances. Ernest Hemingway
“ We went down the stairs to the café on the ground floor. I had discovered that was the best way to get rid of friends. Once you had a drink all you had to say was: Well, I’ve got to get back and get o… Ernest Hemingway
“ We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we lack most. There is of course the problem of sustenance Ernest Hemingway
“ We made love and then made love again and then after we had made love once more, quiet and dark and unspeaking and unthinking and then like a shower of meteors on a cold night, we went to sleep. Ernest Hemingway
“ We have very primative emotions. It's impossible not to be competitive. Spoils everything, though. Ernest Hemingway
“ We both touched wood on the cafe table and the waiter came to see what it was we wanted. But what we wanted he, nor anyone else, nor knocking on wood or on marble, as this cafe table-top was, could ev… Ernest Hemingway
“ We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other. Ernest Hemingway
“ Vice is a wonderful thing, Catherine said. The people who go in for it seem to have good taste about it. Ernest Hemingway
“ To hell with women, anyway. To hell with you, Brett Ashley. Women made such swell friends. Awfully swell. In the first place, you had to be in love with a woman to have a basis of friendship. I had be… Ernest Hemingway
“ This was omitted on my new theory that you could omit anything if you knew that you omitted and the omitted part would strengthen the story and make people feel something more than they understood. Ernest Hemingway
