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Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Every time I see that glass I think of you trying to clean your conscience with a toothbrush.
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I am always in love.
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The fish is my friend too...I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars. Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. But imagine if a man each day should have to try to kill the sun? We were born lucky he thought
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You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple.
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To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it.
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Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.
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The bulls are my best friends. I translated to Brett. You kill your friends? she asked. Always, he said in English, and laughed. So they don't kill me.
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I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there.
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I love you and I always will and I am sorry. What a useless word.
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Everything that's innocent to us is crazy to them.
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Creation's probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh.
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A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists, all powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death.
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If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.
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Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next.
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