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Today is the birthday of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940), author. He is best known as F. Scott Fitzgerald and for his novel, The Great Gatsby which chronicles an era that he dubbed the Jazz Age. He is oft referred to as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You can stroke people with words. "- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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