He had always known what I did not know and what, when I learned it, I was always able to forget. But I did not know that then, although I learned it later.
Ernest HemingwayIn the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die.
Ernest HemingwayThere is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
Ernest HemingwayWhat I learned constructive about women, not just ethics like never blame them if they pox you because somebody poxed them and lots of times they don't even know they have it — that's in the first reader for squares — is, no matter how they get, always think of them the way they were on the best day they ever had.
Ernest Hemingway