"[[Hemingway]] had his own rock-bottom realizations as a young man. The understanding he took from them is expressed timelessly in his book [[A Farewell to Arms]]. He wrote, “**The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills**.”" ([Location 2121](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=2121)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[character]], [[discipline]], [[resilience]], [[consistency]], [[failure]], [[progressing-slowly]], **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]