No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
Ernest HemingwayThere can be no great literature in America until her writers have learned to trust her implicitly and love her devoutly.
Ernest HemingwayDo you know how an ugly woman feels? Do you know what it is to be ugly all your life and inside to feel that you are beautiful? It is very rare.
Ernest HemingwayThere is nothing else than now. There is neither yesterday, certainly, nor is there any tomorrow. How old must you be before you know that? There is only now, and if now is only two days, then two days is your life and everything in it will be in proportion. This is how you live a life in two days. And if you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.
Ernest Hemingway