One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
F. Scott Fitzgeraldthe intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.
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 FitzgeraldTalk English to me, Tommy. Parlez francais avec moi, Nicole. But the meanings are different-- in French you can be heroic and gallant with dignity, and you know it. But in English you can't be heroic and gallant without being a little absurd, and you know that too. That gives me an advantage.
F. Scott Fitzgerald