It was like certain dinners I remember from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. Under the wine I lost the disgusted feeling and was happy. It seemed they were all such nice people.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the complexities of human emotions and social interactions, particularly in uncomfortable situations.
In this quote, Hemingway illustrates how shared experiences, such as a dinner during a tense time, can mask underlying discomfort and bring a fleeting sense of happiness. The intoxication from wine allows him to overlook the tensions and see the people around him more favorably, highlighting how environments can influence perceptions and emotions, especially in times of distress.
In practice
In a speech about camaraderie among soldiers, this quote could illustrate the complex emotions experienced in high-stress situations.
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.
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
Contemporary moral philosophy has found an original way of being boring, which is by not discussing moral issues at all.
Matthey, a Geneva physician very close to Rousseau's influence, formulates the prospect for all men of reason: 'Do not glory in your state, if you are wise and civilized men; an instant suffices to disturb and annihilate that supposed wisdom of which you are so proud; an unexpected event, a sharp and sudden emotion of the soul will abruptly change the most reasonable and intelligent man into a raving idiot.
Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state of completion.
As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.
We do not need a truth to serve us, we need a truth that we can serve
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