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“In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you write with. But I would rather have it bent and dull and know I had to put it on the grindstone again and hammer it into shape and put a whetstone to it, and know that I had something to write about, than to have it bright and shining and nothing to say, or smooth and well-oiled in the closet, but unused.” — Ernest Hemingway, Preface to “The First Forty-Nine”, 1938
Ernest Hemingway. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.
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Brilliant share, Angela, of inspirational words! Thanks so much 🙂
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Thank you, Ruth! 🙂
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I think he forgot to mention the bit where he then downed a litre of Vodka in half an hour.
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Yes, he was known for his drinking, that’s for sure….I could never write with that kind of alcohol level. Amazing the tolerance some people have, and that they are able to create great art besides.
Thanks for stopping by! Cheers!
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