“You never kill any one that you want to kill in a war.”
Ernest Hemingway (verified)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Primary source)
Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, published in 1940, is a powerful and introspective novel set during the Spanish Civil War. The story follows Robert Jordan, an American volunteer fighting with the anti-fascist Republican forces. As a dynamiter assigned to blow up a bridge critical to an upcoming Republican offensive, Jordan’s mission becomes a lens through which Hemingway explores themes of duty, sacrifice, love, death, and the complex nature of war.
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“You never kill any one that you want to kill in a war, he said to himself. Well, hardly ever, he amended and went on reading the letters.”
Ernest Hemingway (verified)
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