“At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That's a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try. There are only diamonds in the whole world, diamonds and perhaps the shabby gift of disillusion.”
Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Work
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
This novel employs a blend of fantasy and social commentary to depict the excesses of a family that possesses a diamond mine of extraordinary size, reflecting on the corrupting influence of immense wealth and the absurdities of human ambition. 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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