“If all your clothes are worn to the same state, it means you go out too much.”
Book:The Crack-up
Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Work
The Crack-up
A compilation of personal reflections and narratives that delve into the depths of human emotion, particularly focusing on the author's own experiences with mental breakdown and the broader implications of societal and personal turmoil. more
Author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, renowned for his works that encapsulate the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. His most celebrated novel, 'The Great Gatsby,' is a critical and commercial success, reflecting the themes of the American Dream and the decline of the American upper class. more
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Source: The Crack-up
“I don't much care where I am anymore, nor expect very much from places.”
“Your first most typical figure in any new place turns out to be a bluff or a local nuisance.”
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“This is what I think now: that the natural state of the sentient adult is a qualified unhappiness.”
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“The world is always curious, and people become valuable merely for their inaccessibility”
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Source: The Crack-up
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