Ernest Miller Hemingway (; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image. Most of Hemingway's works...
—Ernest Hemingway in For Whom the Bell Tolls
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.