
“For him it was a dark passage which led to nowhere, then to nowhere, then again to nowhere, once again to nowhere, always and forever to nowhere, heavy on the elbows in the earth to nowhere, dark, never any end to nowhere, hung on all time always to unknowing nowhere, this time and again for always to nowhere, now not to be borne once again always and to nowhere, now beyond all bearing up, up, up and into nowhere, suddenly, scaldingly, holdingly all nowhere gone and time absolutely still and they were both there, time having stopped and he felt the earth move out and away from under them.” ― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Loved the Hemingway piece. Felt like something you’d read in a dharma center on the pursuit of enlightenment.
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Hemmingway was a master wordsmith. I loved the cadence, to me it did seem like a mantra.
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Gorgeous photo!!! and I love the quote! 🙂
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Thank you for both Emma! 🙂
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I really like the color and lighting for the flowers. I have not read For Whom the Bell Tolls nor much of Hemingway. If you had asked me what American author wrote that passage I would have been almost positive it was Faulkner.
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Faulkner would have been a good guess too. Thanks David.
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The lighting of this picture well complemented the colour of the flowers and I totally loved it!!! ❤ Gorgeous photo! 🙂
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Thanks Khloe ❤
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You’re welcome as always 😉
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Great colors – Hemingway would be honored 🙂
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Thanks. Hopefully Papa would be proud. 🙂
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gorgeous intensity in all of this!! and I love the tolling blue bells!!
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Thanks Cybele. 🙂
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I agree with you Maverick a mantra
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Indeed, Sheldon.
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One of his longer sentences!
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Has to be, thanks. 🙂
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