Hemingway Wasn't All Wrong

Apr 29, 2008 13:51


The rich were dull and they drank too much, or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were
repetitious. He remembered poor Julian and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that
began, "The rich are very different from you and me." And how someone had said to Julian, "Yes, they
have more money."
- Snows of Kilimanjaro

'Julian' is F. Scott Fitzgerald, who started off one story, '[They] are very different from you and me.'
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