We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it.

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it.

This was a big storm and he might as well enjoy it. It was ruining everything, but you might as well enjoy it

And you treat me wonderfully and keep all your promises.

Don't get discouraged because there's a lot of mechanical work to writing. I rewrote the first part of Farewell to Arms at least fifty times.

The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.