Ernest Hemingway on Literature
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Ernest Hemingway, catalogued under Literature, with dates where available.
This page displays 3 quotations attributed to Ernest Hemingway and filed under "Literature" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Ernest Hemingway, entry #247189: "The age demanded that we danceAnd jammed us into iron pants.And in the end the age was handedThe sort of shit that it demanded."
Attributed to Ernest Hemingway, entry #247201: "Grace under pressure."
3 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway on Literature
"The age demanded that we danceAnd jammed us into iron pants.And in the end the age was handedThe sort of shit that it demanded."
"Grace under pressure."
"I wonder what your idea of heaven would be — A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists. All powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death. And hell would probably be an ugly vacuum full of poor polygamists unable to obtain booze or with chronic stomach disorders that they called secret sorrows."