1,349 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway

Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some ways men can be immortal.

He was mad and plenty brave.

He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.

Now, feel. I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other. And feel now. Thou hast no heart but mine.

Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.' Then he added, 'Blessed Virgin, pray for the death of this fish wonderful though he is.

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.

There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg. It is the part that doesn't show. If a writer omits something because he does not know it then there is a hole in the story.(Interview with Paris Review, 1958)

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.