An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

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

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

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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...

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

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...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

Remember to love your parents...We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are...

Remember to love your parents...We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are...

The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey...

The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey...