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galen  ·  3464 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 7th Bi-Monthly Give Me A Quote From Something You've Been Reading Lately

    It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

-Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

Commented elsewhere too. Reading this book for English class, really enjoying it so far. What Hemingway should I read next?

And the play I'm reading right now (God, I love Stoppard):

    Thomasina: Septimus, what is carnal embrace?

    Septimus: Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arm around a side of beef.

-Arcadia





user-inactivated  ·  3464 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, or the short stories. If you like Hemingway though, there's no reason not to read all of his books ultimately.