France was a land, England was a people, but America, having about it still that quality of the idea, was harder to utter - it was the graves at Shiloh and the tired, drawn, nervous faces of its great men, and the country boys dying in the Argonne for a phrase that was empty before their bodies withered. It was a willingness of the heart.
F. Scott FitzgeraldShe admired him; she was used to clutching her hands together in his wake and heaving audible sighs.
F. Scott FitzgeraldI love this simply because it's cute, and I guess it's a sign of the times in many respect. It's pretty much saying you complete me, only in the sweetest way possible.
F. Scott FitzgeraldWomen are necessarily capable of almost anything in their struggle for survival and can scarcely be convicted of such man-made crimes as โcruelty.
F. Scott Fitzgeraldhe was figuratively following along beside her as she walked the fence, ready to catch her if she should fall.
F. Scott Fitzgerald