Take a good rest, small bird, he said. Then go in and take your chance…

Ernest Hemingway
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Take a good rest, small bird, he said. Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2016). The Old Man and the Sea, p.15, Hamilton Books
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People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1986). Conversations with Ernest Hemingway, p.146, Univ. P … ▶
One cat just leads to another. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Carlos Baker (2003). Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961, p.555, Simon and Schuster
The better the writers the less they will speak about what they have written themselves. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2015). Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations, p.16, Melville House
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2008). The Good Life According to Hemingway, Ecco

Take a good rest, small bird, he said. Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2016). The Old Man and the Sea, p.15, Hamilton Books

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