Only to friends do I recite, and on request,
Not to all men, or everywhere
Horace
I am not building here a statue to erect at the town crossroads, or in a church or a public square. This is for a nook in the library, and to amuse a neighbor, a relative, a friend, who may take pleasure in associating and conversing with me again in this image. Others have taken courage to speak of themselves because they found the subject worthy and rich; I, on the contrary, because I found mine so barren and so meager that no suspicion of ostentation can fall upon my plan.
Michel de Montaigne
Posts tagged Ernest Hemingway.
Maybe…you’ll fall in love with me all over again.”
“Hell,” I said, “I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?”
“Yes. I want to ruin you.”
“Good,” I said. “That’s what I want too.
A Farewell To Arms, Ernest Hemingway (via itsherfactory)
(via quote-compendium)
