The world breaks us all. Afterward, some are stronger at the broken places.

More from A Farewell to Arms (1929)

• Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
• Do not start blaming who you love, or apportioning guilt, for it will all be apportioned in good time, and not by you.
• Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
• Never mistake motion for action.