ALBERT J. DEFAZIO III is an English instructor at Falls Church City Public Schools and George Mason University. He is the author of Literary Masterpieces: The Sun Also Rises in the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature series.
Looking back on the years since [Hemingway's] death, those years that have passed without him, I'd say that the most resounding thing I learned from him was this: Don't fear failure, and don't overestimate success. It was a tenet he lived by and a legacy I treasure.... His was a deep, abiding friendship, like no other in my life. Rereading these letters, after all these years, fills me with sadness, exultation, and the realization that an extraordinary man infiltrated my life with wisdom, love, fortitude, and an indomitable spirit that I now gladly share with others. - From the Preface by A. E. Hotchner
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