Ernest Hemingway Quotes

He saw the girl watching him and he smiled at her. It was an old smile that he had been using for fifty years, ever since he first smiled.

Ernest Hemingway

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• He saw the girl watching him and he smiled at her. It was an old smile that he had been using for fifty years, ever since he first smiled.

  

  Ernest Hemingway
  • Girl
  • Years
  • Firsts