Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...