I never used to realize it, I guess. I try and play it along and just not make trouble for people. Probably I never would have had any trouble at all if I hadn't run into Brett when they shipped me to England. I suppose she only wanted what she couldn't have. Well, people were that way. To hell with people. The Catholic Church had an awfully good way of handling all that. Good advice, anyway. Not to think about it. Oh, it was swell advice. Try and take it sometime. Try and take it. Ernest Hemingway
About This Quote

This quote is a commentary on the fact that people, even those who have been given great amounts of power and influence, are not exempt from the misdeeds of humanity. This is a clear indication that everyone has faults and it can be easy to see them in others. However, sometimes people do evil because they have been hurt in the past. In the case of the lives of Brett and Mark, they were both abused by their parents as children and both turned to drugs as a way to escape.

Source: The Sun Also Rises

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