For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway
United States
21 Jul 1899 // 2 Jul 1961
Author / Journalist

Quotes



I suppose if a man has something once, always something of it remains.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
But in the meantime all the life you have or ever will have is today, tonight, tomorrow, today, tonight, tomorrow, over and over again...

For Whom the Bell Tolls
No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Ernest Hemingway

 

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