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I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore been made.
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've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred.
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There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.
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Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten.
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And you'll always love me won't you? Yes And the rain won't make any difference? No
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Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next.
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We wait always for something that does not come.
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If you're looking for messages, try Western Union.
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After writing a story I was always empty and both sad and happy, as though I had made love.
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I wish I had died before I ever loved anyone but her.
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You don't have to destroy me. Do you? I'm only a woman who loves you and wants to do what you want to do. I've been destroyed two or three times already. You wouldn't want to destroy me again, would you?
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The only thing that can ruin a good day is people.
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The fools think I am writing algebra but what I am really writing is geometry.
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I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips they were closed tight.
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He knew he would not be afraid. Even if he ever was afraid he knew that he could do it anyway.
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