But did thee feel the earth move?

You may talk. And I may listen. And miracles might happen.

Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor.

Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.

I decided to stop drinking with creeps. I decided to drink only with friends. I've lost 30 pounds.

A good life is not measured by any biblical span.

When I had finished the book I knew that no matter what Scott did, nor how he behaved, I must know it was like a sickness and be of any help I could to him and try to be a good friend. He had many good, good friends, more than anyone I knew. But I enlisted as one more, whether I could be of any use to him or not. If he could write a book as fine as The Great Gatsby I was sure that he could write an even better one. I did not know Zelda yet, and so I did not know the terrible odds that were against him. But we were to find them out soon enough.