Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

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...

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...

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,...

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

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...

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

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

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

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.