1,349 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway

And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all.

If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.

The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea.

Strong in all the Broken Places

Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works.

After you finish a book, you know, you're dead. But no one knows you're dead. All they see is the irresponsibility that comes in after the terrible responsibility of writing.

It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.

There can be no great literature in America until her writers have learned to trust her implicitly and love her devoutly.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is