“I don't want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is taken from a poem by the 16th-century English dramatist George Peele.
“Life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
Source: A Farewell to Arms (1929), Ch. 21
“I felt very lonely when they were all there.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“Oh, darling, you will be good to me, won’t you? Because we’re going to have a strange life.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“I kissed her neck and shoulders. I felt faint with loving her so much.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
Source: A Farewell to Arms
“I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“Your blood coagulates beautifully.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“You've such a lovely temperature.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“Wine is a grand thing," I said. "It makes you forget all the bad.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“I don’t. I don’t want anybody else to touch you. I’m silly. I get furious if they touch you.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“I was blown up while we were eating cheese.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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“Keep right on lying to me. That's what I want you to do.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
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Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
Catherine and Henry discussing whether he should grow a beard, in Ch. 38
A Farewell to Arms (1929)
