My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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...

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...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

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,...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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

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

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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

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

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...

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...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

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

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

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

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...

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

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...

I felt very bad and could not sleep until 1am. Maybe he could coach me...

I felt very bad and could not sleep until 1am. Maybe he could coach me...

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.