Hemingway started writing in high school and went on to work as a reporter for TheKansas City Star instead of going to college. He wasn’t able to enlist as a soldier in the military for World War I because of “a defective eye,” per Britannica, but he drove ambulances for the American Red Cross during the war instead. He was hurt in 1918 before his 19th birthday, and was “decorated for heroism” while hospitalized in Italy.
On July 2, 1961, just a couple of weeks shy of his 62nd birthday, Hemingway died. He left behind quite a collection of poems, short stories and books, with a lot of wisdom and perspective we can use in our own lives. Today’s quote is a reflection of his thoughts on outrunning your problems and how traveling and partying won’t help you escape yourself.
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Quote of the Day by Ernest Hemingway
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This quote is from his book, The Sun Also Rises, which came out in 1926 and is known as the “quintessential novel of the Lost Generation,” per the book’s description. Even though Gertrude Stein coined the term “Lost Generation” for those who reached adulthood in the decade before or during World War I, per Britannica, Hemingway used it (and popularized it) in this book, writing, “You are all a lost generation.”
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Essentially, Cohn is not happy with his lush lifestyle in Paris and wants to move and settle elsewhere. Something is missing, and he wants to fill it with travel and adventure. However, Jake tells him that “moving from one place to another” isn’t going to cure that feeling or fill that void, because it’s just going to end up feeling the same. That void Cohn’s feeling isn’t something that new scenery will fix.
Instead, it's important to embrace self-confrontation and the effort of inner work. By really looking in the mirror and deciding to work on yourself, you'll likely experience a new appreciation for your struggles and resilience, instead of looking for the next way to avoid facing any personal challenges.
More Quotes from Ernest Hemingway
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”Up Next:
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