“We are all broken—that’s how the light gets in.”
This quotation was not crafted by Ernest Hemingway. Its exact genesis is uncertain, but QI hypothesizes that the 1929 statement by Hemingway and the 1992 lyric by Leonard Cohen both strongly influenced the evolution of the expression and its ascription. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/11/16/light/
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Ernest Hemingway 501
American author and journalist 1899–1961Related quotes
“It is in crisis we find ourselves, so when we are broken then this light is nearest to us.”
All Will be Well (2004)
“Everything has a crack in it; that's how the light gets in.”
"Anthem"
The Future (1992)
Variant: There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
Source: Selected Poems, 1956-1968
Context: Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
“There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.”
Source: Eat, Pray, Love
“Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond.”
Source: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
“How do the angels get to sleep / When the Devil leaves his porch light on?”
"Mr. Siegal", Heartattack and Vine (1980).
