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.