The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

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...

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

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

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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...

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

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

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.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

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'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...