Hemingway’s aim was to convey vividly and exactly moments of exquisite importance and poignancy, experiences that might appropriately be described as “epiphanies.”
“The sea lifted smooth blue muscles of wave as it stirred in the dawn-light, and the foam of our wake spread gently behind us like a white peacock’s tail, glinting with bubbles.”
― My Family and Other Animals
― My Family and Other Animals
“Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
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“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“Margot was too beautiful for Macomber to divorce her and Macomber had too much money for Margot ever to leave him.”
― Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
― Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
“That afternoon he invited me to his house for an after-school snack and showed me his collection of strange gadgets made from bits of scrap metal, which he kept in his room.”
― The Shadow Of The Wind
― The Shadow Of The Wind
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