“I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing.”
Ernest Hemingway
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
“Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Every day above earth is a good day.”
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“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.”
— Amelia Earhart Disputed“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 Primary source“It is never hopeless. But sometimes I cannot hope. I try always to hope but sometimes I cannot.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Fear always springs from ignorance.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source