Ernest Hemingway quotes about friendship & rivalry
12 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as Ernest Hemingway wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around. Drawn from the 165 in the full collection.
He looked very dead. It was raining. I had liked him as well as any one I ever knew.
“Everybody behaves badly,” I said. “Give them the proper chance.”
Road to hell paved with unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault.
Listen. You’re a hell of a good guy, and I’m fonder of you than anybody on earth. I couldn’t tell you that in New York.
The three of us sat at the table, and it seemed as though about six people were missing.
I was enjoying it. It was lousy to enjoy it, but I felt lousy. Cohn had a wonderful quality of bringing out the worst in anybody.
Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason.
He always bets when he is angered, and so he usually bets foolishly.
“Direct action,” said Bill. “It beats legislation.”
Caffeine puts a man on her horse and a woman in his grave.
You were the only friend I had, and I loved Brett so.
You’re not a moron. You’re only a case of arrested development.
From the books
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- A Farewell to Arms quotes · 68 lines (1929)
- The Sun Also Rises quotes · 86 lines (1926)
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