“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.”
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Hemingway, E. (n.d.). Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37566-poor-faulkner-does-he-really-think-big-emotions/
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Hemingway, Ernest. “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37566-poor-faulkner-does-he-really-think-big-emotions/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Hemingway, Ernest. “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37566-poor-faulkner-does-he-really-think-big-emotions/.