Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

"All thinking men are atheists."

"God knows I had not wanted to fall in love with her. I had not wanted to fall in love with any one. But God knows I had and I lay on the bed in the room of the hospital in Milan and all sorts of things went through my head but I felt wonderful..."

"No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful."

"Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you."

"Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again.""Hell,"I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?""Yes. I want to ruin you.""Good,"I said. "That's what I want too."

"When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve."