"There is never any ending to Paris..." - Quote by Ernest Hemingway
There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other. We always returned to it no matter who we were or how it was changed or with what difficulties, or ease, it could be reached. Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.
More by Ernest Hemingway
“I am one of those who like to stay late at the cafe," the older waiter said. "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night." "I want to go home and into bed." "We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. "It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those things are very beautiful. Each night. I am reluctant to close up because there may be someone who needs the cafe.”
“The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.”
“The smallest coffins are the heaviest.”
More on Paris
“As an artist one has no home in Europe except in Paris.”
“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 moveable feast.”
“To have come on all this new world of writing, with time to read in a city like Paris where there was a way of living well and working, no matter how poor you were, was like having a great treasure given to you.”
More on Memory
“He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart.”
“People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward”
“He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone; At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.”