Ernest Hemingway — "I still believe that man's highest purpose is to become a man."

"You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another."

"It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than merely to say pretty things on occasion."

"Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you were no exception."

"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and econ…"

"The first draft of anything is shit."