Ernest Hemingway, you know, the guy with the sharp and powerful way of writing? Life, love, resilience—he covered it all with this raw, no-nonsense clarity. So, let’s skip the long intro (Hemingway wouldn’t have it any other way) and get straight to the good stuff: ten quotes from his books that’ll give you some serious food for thought.
1. “You never understand anybody that loves you.”
― Islands in the Stream (1970)
2. “Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
― The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
3. “Every day above earth is a good day.”
― The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
4. “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
― A Farewell to Arms (1929)
5. “That is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”
― A Farewell to Arms (1929)
6. “You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
― The Sun Also Rises (1926)
7. “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― The Garden of Eden (1986)
8. “I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.”
― The Sun Also Rises (1926)
9. “In the morning there was a big wind blowing and the waves were running high up on the beach and he was awake a long time before he remembered that his heart was broken.”
― Men Without Women (1927)
10. “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It’s been that way all this year. It’s been that way so many times. All of war is that way.”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
Alright, that’s a wrap on Hemingway’s wisdom! If you’ve been nodding along and feeling these quotes, don’t forget to share ’em on your socials and tag The Rockle―we’re all over the place. And guess what? We’ve got more literary magic waiting for you in our collections:
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