How do you interpret this? Hemingway
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places".
How do you interpret this sentence from Hemingway?
(Does anyone know the source/history of this sentence?)
For me, it is a sentence of double meaning: "broken places" in someone's self, or even in someone's body, and also "broken places" in the world (wars, poverty, natural disasters). Does it make sense?
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Hi Ana It goes on to say something like 'Those who will not break, it kills'. So I take it to mean that those who survive emerge stronger, especially with regard to ways in which they were originally threatened or harmed It's from A Farewell to Arms Best regards, Dave
- Hi Ana It goes on to say something like 'Those who will not break, it kills'.
- So I take it to mean that those who survive emerge stronger, especially with regard to ways in which they were originally threatened or harmed It's from A Farewell to Arms Best regards, Dave
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Hi Ana
It goes on to say something like 'Those who will not break, it kills'. So I take it to mean that those who survive emerge stronger, especially with regard to ways in which they were originally threatened or harmed
It's from A Farewell to Arms
Best regards, Dave
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