At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDOne should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.
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Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
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It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
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That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.
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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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So we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
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I am tired of knowing nothing and being reminded of it all the time.
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To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one’s mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind
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Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
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There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.
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You are the loveliest thing that I have ever known.
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To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.
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