Hemingway aboard his boat off the coast of Cuba (1950)

As compiled by Highbrow:

1. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
2. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
3. “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
4. “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
5. “I drink to make other people more interesting.”
6. “As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”

See also: My review of Old Man and The Sea