Who thought up the plover’s call, which takes the place of noise of wings, to give us that catharsis wing-shooting has given to men since they stopped flying hawks and took to fowling pieces? I think that they were made to shoot and some of us were made to shoot them, and if that is not so well, never say we did not tell you we liked it.
–Ernest Hemingway
Was that from Green Hills of Africa or True at First Light? I can’t remember.
It’s from Hemingway on Hunting. I’d have to look the piece up to tell you which one…