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 FITZGERALDThings 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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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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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
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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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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.
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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 have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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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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I want to tell you about your heart— you’ve probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.
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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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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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You remind me of a smoked cigarette.
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.
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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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