Ernest Hemingway

United States
21 Jul 1899 // 2 Jul 1961
Author / Journalist

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On Animals:

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.

On Writing:

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

On Writing:

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it - don't cheat with it.

On Defeat:

Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

The Old Man and the Sea

On Truth:

There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

On Action:

Never confuse movement with action.

On Life:

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

On Love:

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Men Without Women

On War:

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

On Courage:

Courage is grace under pressure.
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