The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to... - Ernest Hemingway
"The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it."
"The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it."
"I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference."
"What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question is: Can you write?"
"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"
"I've seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil."
"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"