Quotes from Ernest Hemingway

Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.

I have worked all my life. In all that remains of my life I must work. I have no complaints against work. To work is normal.

The Spanish say, "El sol es el mejor torero." The longest books on Spain are usually written by Germans who make one intensive visit and then never return. I know no modern sculpture, except Brancusi's, that is in any way the equal of the sculpture of modern bullfighting. "mas cornadas dan las mujeres." Manzanilla also means camomile, but if you remember to ask for a chato of manzanilla there is no danger that you will be served camomile tea.

The room was in that disorder produced only by those who have always had servants.

Good," said Johnny, smiling happily. "Now we are all good friends again. In a war we must all be careful not to hurt each other's feelings.

Con ng??i sinh ra không ph?i ?? th?t b?i. Con ng??i có th? b? h?y di?t ch? không th? b? khu?t ph?c.

La vela [...], recogida, parecía el estandarte de una eterna derrota.

Å koda, že to vÅ¡echno nebyl opravdu jenom sen a tu rybu jsem ulovil. Je mi to líto, rybo. Takhle to skon?it nemÄ›lo.

But the happiness of the summer began to drain out of him as when the tide changes on the flats and the ebb begins in the channel that opens out to sea. He watched the sea and the line of beach and he noticed that the tide had changed and the shore birds were working busily well down the slope of new wet sand. The breakers were diminishing as they receded. He looked a long way up along the shore and then went into the house.

sentía la soledad de muerte que llega al cabo de cada día de la vida que uno ha desperdiciado.

I think you have more fun as a human being even though it is much more painful.

I feel better about him now," young Tom said. "You know at school somebody said David was my half brother, not my real brother, and I told him we didn't have half brothers in our family. I wish I didn't worry so much though, papa.

I said, 'Who killed him?' and he said 'I don't know who killed him, but he's dead all right,' and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water.

Por entonces, ya había descubierto que todo, lo bueno y lo malo, deja un vacío cuando se interrumpe. Pero si se trata de algo malo, el vacío va llenándose por sí solo. Mientras que el vacío de algo bueno sólo puede llenarse descubriendo algo mejor.

On his way back to the living room he passed a mirror in the dining room and looked in it. His face looked strange. He smiled at the face in the mirror and it grinned back. He winked at it and went on. It was not his face but it didn't make any difference.

Whether one has fear of it or not, one's death is difficult to accept.

I misjudged you," Harvey said. "You're not a moron. You're only a case of arrested development.

Ryszard Gordon nic nie powiedziaÅ'. PoczuÅ' pustkÄ™ w miejscu, gdzie miaÅ' przedtem serce, i wszystko, co mówiÅ' lub co ona do niego mówiÅ'a, byÅ'o jakby fragmentem podsÅ'uchanej rozmowy.

Há sempre países mágicos que fazem parte da nossa infância. Os que nos vêm à memória e que visitamos quando dormimos e sonhamos. São tão maravilhosos à noite como quando eramos crianças. Se alguma vez voltamos para os ver, desvanecem-se. Mas à noite não perdem nada da antiga beleza se tivermos a sorte de sonhar com eles

Antonio said, "Do you have any other orders?" "Just keep your bowels open and try to lead clean lives. We'll be back in a little while. Come on, you two gentlemen bastards. Let's go.

The gravel paths were moist and the grass was wet with dew. The battery fired twice and the air came each time like a blow and shook the window and made the front of my pajamas flap. I could see the guns but they were evidently firing directly over us. It was a nuisance to have them there but it was a comfort that they were no bigger.

Good. Coffee is good for you. It's the caffeine in it. Caffeine, we are here. Caffeine puts a man on her horse and a woman in his grave.

Perhaps wars weren't won any more. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years' War.

You have youth, confidence and a job. You have everything.