Ernest Hemingway

I did not understand them but they did not have any mystery, and when I understood them they meant nothing to me. I was sorry about this but there was nothing I could do about it.

Ernest Hemingway

I drank a bottle of wine for company. It was Chateau Margaux. It was pleasant to be drinking slowly and to be tasting the wine and to be drinking alone. A bottle of wine was good company.

Ernest Hemingway

I drink to make other people more interesting.

Ernest Hemingway

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway

I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up and was not happy.

Ernest Hemingway

I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was always difficult, and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.

Ernest Hemingway

I rewrote the ending to ‘Farewell to Arms,’ the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.

Ernest Hemingway

I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.

Ernest Hemingway

I suppose if a man has something once, always something of it remains.

Ernest Hemingway

I was always a lonely person when I was with everyone.

Ernest Hemingway