“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”

— Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (1929)

About Ernest Hemingway

1899 – 1961

American novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate (1954), author of 'The Old Man and the Sea' and 'A Farewell to Arms'.

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.”

“Every day above earth is a good day.”

“Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

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“If you're going through hell, keep going.”

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“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”