we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.
Ernest HemingwayThere is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.
Ernest HemingwaySince I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do.
Ernest HemingwayEverything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. If you want people to like you you have only to spend a little money. I spent a little money and the waiter liked me. He appreciated my valuable qualities. He would be glad to see me, and would want me at his table. It would be a sincere liking because it would have a sound basis. I was back in France.
Ernest Hemingway