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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

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...

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

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

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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...

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

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...

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...

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...