At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDLife 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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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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One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
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Don’t forget who you are and where you come from.
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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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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.
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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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And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.
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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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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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You really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.
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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 never blame failure – there are too many complicated situations in life – but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
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Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.
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No matter how low you go, there’s always an unexplored basement.
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives. Yet from this fog his affection emerged–the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still wants to preserve a relation.
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