Ernest Hemingway

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days, though, the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.”

“The first draft of anything is shit.”

“When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.”

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”

“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”

“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.”