You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

What it means

Jake tells restless Robert Cohn that a new country will not fix how he feels. Your problems travel with you. Change starts inside, wherever you are.

The source

"You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." Ernest Hemingway said it in The Sun Also Rises (1926), ch. 2. Written in English: The Sun Also Rises, 1926.

"You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another."

Original English (The Sun Also Rises, 1926), The Sun Also Rises (1926), ch. 2. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961). American novelist known for plain, spare prose. The Sun Also Rises (1926) follows expatriates from Paris to the bullfights at Pamplona.

Questions

What does "You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." mean?

Jake tells restless Robert Cohn that a new country will not fix how he feels. Your problems travel with you. Change starts inside, wherever you are.

Who said "You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another."?

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961). Source: The Sun Also Rises (1926), ch. 2.

What is the original wording?

You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another (Original English (The Sun Also Rises, 1926)). Written in English: The Sun Also Rises, 1926.

Is "You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." on a shirt?

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"You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." (Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (1926), ch. 2, trans. Original English (The Sun Also Rises, 1926)). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/you-cant-get-away-from-yourself-by-moving