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'Ay,' he said aloud. There is no translation for this word and perhaps it is jus — Ernest Hemingway

'Ay,' he said aloud. There is no translation for this word and perhaps it is just a noise such as a man might make, involuntarily, feeling the nail go through his hands and into the wood.

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You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or rat — Ernest Hemingway
If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the f — Ernest Hemingway
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with w — Ernest Hemingway
Remember this too: all bad writers are in love with the epic. — Ernest Hemingway
In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word? — Jorge Luis Borges
Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art. — Miguel de Cervantes
As they use to say, spick and span new. — Miguel de Cervantes
« Cuckold »: strange that this little word doesn't have the feminine. — Jules Renard
God seeks comrades and claims love, The devil seeks slaves and claims obedience — Rabindranath Tagore
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde
Thou hast come to draw men to union with Me, Not to drive them far away from Me, — Rumi
Self-denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality. — George Bernard Shaw