The Short Stories Quotes

“Some other places were not so good but maybe we were not so good when we were in them.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories

“Even if he was ever afraid he knew that he could do it anyway.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories

“Be a damn fire eater now. He'd seen it in the war work the same way. More of a change than any loss of virginity. Fear gone like an operation. Something else grew in its place. Main thing a man had. Made him into a man. Women knew it too. No bloody fear.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories

“Oh Daddy, can’t you give her something to make her stop screaming?" asked Nick.

"No. I haven’t any anesthetic," his father said. "But her screams are not important. I don’t hear them because they are not important."

-Indian Camp-”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories

“My favorite quotes;

“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof shit detector.” - Ernst Hemingway.

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
Ernest Hemingway”
― Hemingway Ernest, The Short Stories

“Finally the bull charged, the horse leaders ran for the barrera, the picador hit too far back, and the bull got under the horse, lifted him, threw him onto his back.
Zurito watched. The monos, in their red shirts, running out to drag the picador clear. The picador, now on his feet, swearing and flopping his arms. Manuel and Hernandez standing ready with their capes. And the bull, the great, black bull, with a horse on his back, hooves dangling, the bridle caught in the horns. Black bull with a horse on his back, staggering short-legged, then arching his neck and lifting, thrusting, charging to slide the horse off, horse sliding down. Then the bull into a lunging charge at the cape Manuel spread for him.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories

“How can there be solidarity of workers with fools like you?”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories

“I drink a little now once in a while, just to drive the wolf out of the room”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

“The men ate seriously.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories