1,349 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway

One cat just leads to another." [Letter from Finca Vigia, Cuba, to his first wife, Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (1943).]

It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta.

[Robert] Capa: He was a good friend and a great and very brave photographer. It is bad luck for everybody that the percentages caught up with him. It is especially bad for Capa. (On Capa's death in Vietnam, May, 27, 1954)

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

The most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen

You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?

The best writing is certainly when you are in love

You cannot stop trusting people in life but I have learned to be a little bit careful. The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.

Do not think about sin, he thought. There are enough problems now without sin. Also I have no understanding of it.