The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, "The Sun Also Rises" is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of... read more
A group of American dilettantes living in post-World War I Europe travel from France to Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls. The men in the group (as well as many of the locals they encounter) covet and vigorously pursue the beautiful and promiscuous Lady Brett Ashley, but the narrator, war... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
“Romero had the old thing, the holding of his purity of line through the maximum of exposure, while he dominated the bull by making him realize he was unattainable, while he prepared him for the killing”
“This was Brett that I had felt like crying about. Then I thought of her walking up the street and stepping into the car, as I had last seen her, and of course in a little while I felt like hell again. It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night is another thing.”Jake Barnes
“It's raining hard…And you'll always love me, won't you?/Yes/…And the rain won't make any difference?/No/That's good, because I'm afraid of the rain.”
“"Have these poisonous things been paid for"”Lady-Brett-Ashley
“This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.”Count Mippipopolous
It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.Highlighted by 482 Kindle customers
Enjoying living was learning to get your money’s worth and knowing when you had it.Highlighted by 476 Kindle customers
You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.”Highlighted by 436 Kindle customers
“Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters.”Highlighted by 376 Kindle customers
“This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.”Highlighted by 310 Kindle customers
Women made such swell friends. Awfully swell. In the first place, you had to be in love with a woman to have a basis of friendship. I had been having Brett for a friend. I had not been thinking about her side of it. I had been getting something for nothing. That only delayed the presentation of the bill. The bill always came. That was one of the swell things you could count on.Highlighted by 267 Kindle customers
It was like certain dinners I remember from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. It seemed they were all such nice people.Highlighted by 264 Kindle customers
I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together,Highlighted by 260 Kindle customers
“Oh, Jake,” Brett said, “we could have had such a damned good time together.” Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. “Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”Highlighted by 190 Kindle customers
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”Highlighted by 182 Kindle customers
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