People · 1929
The world breaks us all. Afterward, some are stronger at the broken places.
— Ernest Hemingway • A Farewell to Arms
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The quotation describes life's damage as something nobody entirely escapes. Its second sentence leaves room for a different outcome after that damage. Some people, it suggests, can become stronger where they were hurt, turning the image of breaking toward recovery.
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