I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa f…

Ernest Hemingway
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I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Every time I see that glass I think of you trying to clean your conscience with a toothbrush. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2012). A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition, p.147, Simon and Schuster
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