“I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing.”
Ernest Hemingway (verified)
A Moveable Feast (Primary source)
A Movable Feast is Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir, chronicling his years as a young writer in Paris during the 1920s. The book, composed of a series of vignettes and personal reflections, offers a vivid, nostalgic portrait of Hemingway’s bohemian lifestyle and his interactions with the literary and artistic community of the time. Rich in atmosphere and insight, the memoir captures both the hardships and exhilarations of a struggling writer’s life in one of the world’s most culturally vibrant cities.
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“I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.”
Ernest Hemingway (verified)
“Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“Every day above earth is a good day.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
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“Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“It is never hopeless. But sometimes I cannot hope. I try always to hope but sometimes I cannot.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many. I always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but I was sure of it that night.”
— Amelia Earhart (verified)