Hot sun Quote by Ernest Hemingway
““I knelt and started to pray and prayed for everybody I thought of, Brett and Mike and Bill and Robert Cohn and myself, and all the bullfighters, separately for the ones I liked, and lumping all the rest, then I prayed for myself again, and while i was praying for myself I found I was getting sleepy, so I prayed that the bull-fights would be good, and that it would be a fine fiesta, and that we would get some fishing. I wondered if there was anything else I might pray for, and I thought I would like to have some money, so I prayed that I would make a lot of money, and then I started to think how I would make it and thinking of making money reminded me of the count, and I started wondering about where he was, and regretting I hadn't seen him since that night in Montmartre, and about something funny Brett told me about him, and as all the time I was kneeling with my forehead on the wood in front of me, and was thinking of myself praying, I was a little ashamed, and regretted that I was such a rotten Catholic, but realized there was nothing I could do about it, at least for a while, and maybe never, but that anyway it was a grand religion, and I only wished I felt religious and maybe I would the next time; and then I was out in the hot sun on the steps of the cathedral, and the forefingers and the thumb of my right hand were still damp, and I felt them dry in the sun.””
About This Quote
A rambling confession of scattered prayers, material desire, and self‑critique, revealing a conflicted, self‑aware conscience.
In simple terms: A chaotic prayer list exposing doubts and desires.
Inner conflict surfaces through scattered, self‑critical thoughts.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- praying for loved ones
- wishing for wealth
- feeling religious guilt
- reflecting on personal values
Key Concepts
Practical Applications
- recognize and organize personal priorities
- balance material wishes with spiritual practice
Questions to Reflect On
- How does humor affect the seriousness of spiritual confession?
- What does the prayer reveal about the speaker’s values?
The narrative’s meandering style may obscure a clear moral stance.