Quote by Ernest Hemingway
When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.
Summary
This quote suggests that once you experience something, you have essentially experienced it all. The speaker uses the metaphor of shooting birds in flight to illustrate their point. Although each bird may have different attributes and fly in unique ways, the underlying experience of shooting a bird remains the same. Similarly, the speaker implies that the feeling or satisfaction derived from achieving something or undergoing a particular experience does not diminish with repetition.
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