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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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

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

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

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

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

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

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...

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...

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Age steals away all things, even the mind.

Age steals away all things, even the mind.