We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely un…

Ernest Hemingway
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We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we lack most. There is of course the problem of sustenance ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition, p.111, Simon and Schuster
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