Long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThat 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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Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?
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You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.
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So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.
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For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
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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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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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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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And in the end, we were all just humans, Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.
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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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So we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created – nothing.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway
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I want to tell you about your heart— you’ve probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.
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