Quote of the Day: Clinton on Hemingway

In Hillary Clinton’s speech tonight in Florida after winning most of the primaries that mattered on Super Tuesday, she aimed for a tone of righteous struggle:

We have to make strong the broken places, restitch the bonds of trust and respect across our country.

That echo you’re hearing, intentional or not, is Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms:

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.

It’s usually quoted these days to signify struggling through adversity and dar...

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Published on March 01, 2016 19:00
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