“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.”
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“Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.”
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“I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
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