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.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDShe wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability 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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There’s no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don’t feel it at all.
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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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She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
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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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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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Actually that’s my secret — I can’t even talk about you to anybody because I don’t want any more people to know how wonderful you are.
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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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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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When I’m with you, I don’t breathe quite right.
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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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There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.
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You are mysterious, I love you. You’re beautiful, intelligent, and virtuous, and that’s the rarest known combination.
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Hard to sit here and be close to you, and not kiss you.
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