Beauty Quote by Ernest Hemingway
““I’ve seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil. Then I went back to writing and I entered far into the story and was lost in it. I was writing it now and it was not writing itself and I did not look up nor know anything about the time nor think where I was nor order any more rum St. James. I was tired of rum St. James without thinking about it. Then the story was finished and I was very tired. I read the last paragraph and then I looked up and looked for the girl and she had gone. I hope she’s gone with a good man, I thought. But I felt sad.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway, 1926
The narrator loses himself in writing, blurring reality and fiction, and feels melancholy when the imagined lover disappears.
In simple terms: Writing can consume you and leave you longing for what’s lost.
Key Takeaway
Recognize when imagination overtakes reality.
Themes
loneliness
creativity
longing
Mood
melancholy
reflective
Type
literary
personal
When to use this quote
- writing retreats
- unrequited love
- nighttime reflection
- creative block
- personal loss
Key Concepts
existentialism
subjective reality
artistic obsession
Questions to Reflect On
- What does the “girl” symbolize for you?
- How do you balance imagination with reality?
A Different Perspective
The emotional intensity may be exaggerated by the narrator’s unreliable perspective.
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