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A Farewell to Arms
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Take, for instance, the opening of A Farewell to Arms where he describes the dust on the trees that summer. It resonates throughout the story and comes back at the end; that's a poetic genius that AI simply cannot replicate.
Ryan Holiday · The Daily Stoic · Nov 2023 Listen at 20:14 What they say about it
- Quotes famous line about breaking“the world breaks everyone”4
- Discusses multiple alternate endings“rewrote the ending like 35 times”3
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There's a line from U. Hemingway from uh a farewell to arms where he says the world breaks everyone and and some are stronger in the broken places.
There's a Hemingway quote that I love, I think it's in A Farewell to Arms, he says, you know, 'Life breaks everyone, but those it doesn't break, it kills.'.
In A Farewell to Arms he rewrote the ending like 35 times.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Jun 2025 A Farewell to Arms, which was a particular dud in my freshman English class.
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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is a celebrated novel that chronicles a tragic wartime romance and the brutal realities of combat, known for its spare prose and poignant explorations of human resilience. The novel was frequently discussed on literary and philosophical podcasts. Rich Cohen and Ryan Holiday both brought up the book on The Daily Stoic to discuss Hemingway's meticulous drafting process, noting that the author rewrote the famous conclusion dozens of times and carefully crafted evocative opening descriptions that resonated throughout the entire narrative. James Sexton quoted the novel on the Huberman Lab to illustrate the philosophical idea that heartbreak and suffering can ultimately make individuals stronger in their broken places, a sentiment echoed by Kevin Rose and Ryan Holiday during discussions on vulnerability and the fragility of life. Conversely, Sadie Stein offered a dissenting view on The Book Review, recalling the novel as a distinct literary dud during her freshman English classes. Across these various engagements, podcast guests and hosts consistently returned to Hemingway's classic to debate its poetic brilliance, examine the meticulous mechanics of creative writing, and ponder its enduring lessons on human endurance amid overwhelming tragedy.
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Ryan Holiday There's a Hemingway quote that I love. I think it's in A Farewell to Arms. He says, you know, life breaks e… 6
“well we talked about hemingway um in uh a farewell to arms he rewrote the ending like 35 times”
“Take, for instance, the opening of "A Farewell to Arms" where he describes the dust on the trees that summer. It resonates throughout the story and comes back at the end; that's a poetic genius that AI simply cannot replicate.”
“There's a Hemingway quote that I love. I think it's in A Farewell to Arms. He says, you know, life breaks everyone but those it doesn't break it kills.”
“there's a there's a Heming way line uh I think it's in the end of A Farewell to Arms where he says um you know um he's like there there there are people in this world who are so strong that they can't break and he says but eventually the world breaks everyone and the ones that don't break it”
“it's at the end of A Farewell to Arms when it's actually really so so Heming way you know has this great quote that the first line of the first draft of everything is A Farewell to Arms like 20 or 30 times and so I think there's some version of the quote in the final draft”
“Hemingway in a farewell to arms, he says if you bring so much courage into this world, the world has to kill you to break you and it will kill you.”
James Sexton There's a line from U. Hemingway from uh a farewell to arms where he says the world breaks everyone and and… 1
“There's a line from U. Hemingway from uh a farewell to arms where he says the world breaks everyone and and some are stronger in the broken places.”
Kevin Rose Well, there's there's a Hemingway quote that I love, I think it's in A Farewell to Arms, he says, you know,… 1
“Well, there's there's a Hemingway quote that I love, I think it's in A Farewell to Arms, he says, you know, 'Life breaks everyone, but those it doesn't break, it kills.'”
Rich Cohen Have you looked at the alternate endings for a farewell to arms? 1
“Have you looked at the alternate endings for a farewell to arms?”
Sadie Stein And I'm thinking here of a farewell to arms, which which was a particular dud in my freshman English class. 1
“And I'm thinking here of a farewell to arms, which which was a particular dud in my freshman English class.”
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