All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

Ernest Hemingway
Some Similar Quotes
  1. All words are pegs to hang ideas on. - Henry Ward Beecher

  2. A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. - Anonymous

  3. No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake.... - Alexander Trocchi

  4. Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon. - Joseph Bruchac

  5. A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping. - Jennifer Donnelly

More Quotes By Ernest Hemingway
  1. The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

  2. Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again."" Hell, " I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?"" Yes. I want to ruin you."" Good, " I said. "That's what I want too.

  3. Oh Jake, " Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together." Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me. Yes, " I said. "Isn't it pretty to think...

  4. I didn't want to kiss you goodbye – that was the trouble – I wanted to kiss you good night – and there's a lot of difference.

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

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