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title: "2 Hemingway Quotes By Carlos Baker"
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> [“We're kicking our way into adolescence from the minute we're born. Gradually you form your own ideas of how you should lead your life. It's strange, but when you get hurt - really hurt, I mean - you're willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-baker/we-re-kicking-our-way-into-adolescence-from-the-minute-we-re-born/)

Carlos Baker

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/carlos-baker-70820_adolescence_we-re-kicking-our-way-into-adolescence-f_285449.jpg)

> [“Anyone who had died young after a happy childhood had won a great victory, since he would be forever spared the discovery of what sort of place the world really is. Others must look forward to death by defeat -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-baker/anyone-who-had-died-young-after-a-happy-childhood-had-won-a-great/)

Carlos Baker

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/carlos-baker-70820_children_anyone-who-had-died-young-after-a-happy_2477613.jpg)

## Other authors on Hemingway

## More by Carlos Baker

> [“We're kicking our way into adolescence from the minute we're born. Gradually you form your own ideas of how you should lead your life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-baker/we-re-kicking-our-way-into-adolescence-from-the-minute-we-re-born/)

Carlos Baker

> [“Anyone who had died young after a happy childhood had won a great victory, since he would be forever spared the discovery of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-baker/anyone-who-had-died-young-after-a-happy-childhood-had-won-a-great/)

Carlos Baker

> [“Sunday morning dawned bright and cloudless. Ernest awoke early as always. He put on the red "Emporor's robe" and padded softly down the carpeted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-baker/sunday-morning-dawned-bright-and-cloudless-ernest-awoke-early-as/)

Carlos Baker

> [“But the past, he concluded, was as dead as a smashed Victrola record. "Chasing yesterdays," said he, "is a bum show".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-baker/but-the-past-he-concluded-was-as-dead-as-a-smashed-victrola-record/)

Carlos Baker

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