Sublime

Quand j’eus fini ma lecture, je savais une chose : quoi que Scott fît et de quelque façon qu’il le fît, il me faudrait le traiter comme un malade et l’aider dans la mesure du possible et essayer d’être son ami. Il avait déjà beaucoup de bons, de très bons amis, plus que personne à ma connaissance, mais je me tins désormais pour l’un d’eux, moi auss

l'argent. Jouir de la vie consiste à savoir en obtenir le plus possible pour son argent. Le monde est une bonne place pour ces sortes de transactions.

Hemingway described his process in similar terms: acquiring rich experiences, then retreating to cogitate and write about them.

‘Il est mort,

The day before she left, Hemingway tussled six hours and fifty minutes with a 514-pound tuna. When his Pilar cruised into harbor at 9:30 that night, the whole population of the island flocked to see his fish and hear his tale. “A fatuous old man with a new yacht and a young bride had arrived not long previously, announcing that tuna-fishing, of who

Ernest Hemingway thought the “Crack-Up” pieces were “miserable.” People experienced emptiness many

The old man’s head was clear and good now and he was full of resolution but he had little hope. It was too good to last, he thought. He took one look at the great fish as he watched the shark close in. It might as well have been a dream, he thought. I cannot keep him from hitting me but maybe I can get him.

J'étais très saoul et je ne voulais pas fermer les yeux parce qu'alors, la chambre se serait mise à tourner, tourner... Si je continuais à lire, cette sensation disparaîtrait.