American
Author and
Journalist
(July 21,
1899 -
July 2,
1961)
"As you get older it is harder to have heroes."
"Courage is grace under pressure."
"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."
"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a movable feast."
"In order to write about life, first you must live it!"
"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
"Never mistake motion for action."
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead."
"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
"The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places."
"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for."
