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Ernest Hemingway on Valentine's Day

1899–1961 United States

← All quotes by Ernest Hemingway

7 quotes

Remember this too: all bad writers are in love with the epic.

Death in the Afternoon (1932)

I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.

Only three things in my life I've really liked to do - hunt, write and make love.

Papa Hemingway (1966)

'Please love me David the way I am. Please understand and love me.'

The Garden of Eden (1986)

You never understand anybody that loves you.

Islands in the Stream (1970)

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

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I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ernest Hemingway (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.