A girl came in the cafe and sat by herself at a table near the window. She was very pretty with a face fresh as a newly minted coin if they minted coins in smooth flesh with rain-freshened skin, and her hair black as a crow's wing and cut sharply and diagonally across her cheek.
Interpretation
The quote describes the beauty and uniqueness of a girl in a cafe, highlighting her features in a poetic manner.
In this quote, Ernest Hemingway paints a vivid picture of a young woman's beauty as she sits alone in a cafe. The use of striking imagery, such as comparing her face to a freshly minted coin and her hair to a crow's wing, not only emphasizes her attractiveness but also evokes a sense of freshness and vitality, making her stand out in an ordinary setting. Hemingway's attention to detail invites readers to appreciate the subtleties of beauty in everyday life and suggests an appreciation for the aesthetic experience.
In practice
Using this quote in a discussion about artistry in literature.
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only dreamed of places now and the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy. He never dreamed about the boy. He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on.
How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.
When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.
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.
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.'
Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage-one has to be cunning, devise compromises, and make sacrifices.
An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not, a craftsman, a bag of tricks, a vanity bag, a cool observer of mankind, a child and at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize a group of innocents.
In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.
I just genuinely feel that that's what you do when you're an artist: You stick up for the people around you.
When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.
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