Friday, September 24, 2010

Meander with me . . .

Today is the birthday of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940), short-story writer and novelist. He is best known for his novel, The Great Gatsby.

"First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you."
- 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

"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

"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."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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