“There was a kindliness about intoxication - there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings. After a few high-balls there was magic in the tall glowing Arabian night of the Bush Terminal Building - its summit a peak of sheer grandeur, gold and dreaming against the inaccessible sky. And Wall Street, the crass, the banal - again it was a triumph of gold, a gorgeous sentient spectacle; it was where the great kings kept the moment for their wars... ...The fruit of youth, or the grape, the transitory magic of the brief passage from darkness to darkness - the old illusion that truth and beauty were in some way entwined.”
Quote by Scott F. Fitzgerald
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The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Beautiful and Damned' is a narrative about the unraveling of a marriage between Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Set in the lavish and decadent world of the 1920s, the story delves into themes of wealth, excess, and the disintegration of the American Dream. The novel is known for its vivid portrayal of the era's social and moral decay, and its complex characters who are both admired and criticized for their lifestyles. more
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