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 FitzgeraldNow the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering
F. Scott Fitzgeraldwhy shouldn't he? All life is just a progression toward and then a recession from one phrase-- 'I love you
F. Scott FitzgeraldShe was a mischief, and that was a satisfaction; no longer was she a huntress of corralled game
F. Scott Fitzgerald