It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDShe was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all.
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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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The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.
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Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.
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I am tired of knowing nothing and being reminded of it all the time.
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It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.
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Life is so damned hard, so damned hard… It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can’t be hurt ever any more. That’s the last and worst thing it does.
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
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It’s not a slam at you when people are rude, it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.
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You are the loveliest thing that I have ever known.
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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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When I’m with you, I don’t breathe quite right.
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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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I’m a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.
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The reason one writes isn’t the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.
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Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know–because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.
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Don’t forget who you are and where you come from.
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Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.
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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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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.
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I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
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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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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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I didn’t realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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