I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic

Passage of time Aging Living life to the fullest Wasting time Life

Speaker

Robert Cohn

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, bk. 1, ch. 2.

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Another quote by Ernest Hemingway

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic
Suffering The human condition

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
A Farewell to Arms
Medium
Novel
Genre
War novel
Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Another quote from the 1920s

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

John A. Shedd

Salt from My Attic

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Topic
Taking risks

Author

John A. Shedd
Source
Salt from My Attic
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Shedd, John A. Salt from My Attic. Mosher Press, 1928.

Another quote about Life

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Fight Club

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Topic
Carpe diem Life Death
Source
Fight Club
Medium
Film
Genre
Drama (film) Drama
Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.