It is none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.
I drink to make other people more interesting.
- Topic: Life
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More Quotes from Ernest Hemingway
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
If it is any use to know it, I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it under water for every part that shows.
More on Life
Fortunately psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
If I had to define life in a word, it would be: Life is creation.
The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
Eat to live, and not live to eat.
I must be a mermaid, I have no fear of depths, and a great fear of shallow living.
