Her voice was not particular in its pitch, the sort of strong, flat edge to it older folk get when they’ve given up trying to please lovers and have set about getting things done, but it seemed to echo under my breastbone like she was
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“I know that the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful time for lonely people once their loneliness has started.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“The loneliness that can never be filled by anyone except the one whose loss created the absence;”
― Fool's Assassin
― Fool's Assassin
“You never understand anybody that loves you.”
― Islands in the Stream
― Islands in the Stream
“To be able to say: I loved this person, we had a hell of a nice time together, it’s over but in a way it will never be over and I do know that I for sure loved this person, to be able to say that and mean it, that’s rare, señor. That’s rare and valuable.”
— Ernest Hemingway, from The Complete Short Stories ”
― The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway, from The Complete Short Stories ”
― The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
“There is no reason why because it is dark you should look at things differently from when it is light.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
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