Quotes

This is a collection of some quotes I really like.

From Books

The thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing. Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea, p. 66

“But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea, p. 103

“‘Zweisamkeit’ is the feeling of being alone even when you’re with other people.” Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, p. 325

Unknown

These could have been from a Tumblr shitpost, or something I just heard, or thought of.

What is there to do but learn?

You remember her longer that you have known her

Imagine being bitten by a snake, and instead of focusing on healing from the poison, You chase the snake to understand why it bit you and to prove that you didn't deserve it


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