I picked out a couple of quotes I like in particular:
"Don't ask me a lot of fool questions if you don't like the answers." This is something I tell people all the time - if you come to me for an answer, don't doubt me just because it's not what you expected or wanted to hear. You must have thought I knew the answer or else, why ask me in the first place?
"Direct action. It beats legislation." Don't just talk about it - do it. Simple yet profound message.
Halfway through, and thoroughly enjoying this book, even if it's not about much more than a drunken vacation. It is also an antiwar book as our protagonist is now impotent due to a war injury. I believe Hemingway was injured in a similar fashion during WWI, and this book came out only eight years after the end of the Great War. Seems like it would have been fresh in his mind still.
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