X There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
X But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
X There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
X If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
X “Oh, Jake,” Brett said, “we could have had such a damned good time together.”…“Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”
X Courage is grace under pressure.
X There is no friend as loyal as a book.
X Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
X The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
X There are only three sports: mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. All the rest are merely games.
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