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Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.
Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit?s foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit?s foot long ago and the bones and the sinews were polished by the wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there.
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Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
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Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.
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If you have a success, you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.
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