The girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

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Shoot your shot Missed opportunities Love

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Amory Blaine

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

This Side of Paradise

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Scribner, 1920, bk. 2, ch. 2.

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Time
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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 4.

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James George Frazer

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James George Frazer
Source
The Golden Bough
Language
English
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough. London: The Macmillan Company, 1922, ch. 18, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. Oxford University Press, 1998, ch. 18, sect. 3.

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Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

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Topic
Lost love Broken heart Love

Author

Alfred Tennyson
Source
In Memoriam A.H.H.
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. In Memoriam A.H.H. London: Edward Moxon, 1850, pt. 27, st. 4.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "In Memoriam A.H.H." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 27, st. 4.

Another quote from 1920

No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

Margaret Sanger

Woman and the New Race

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Topic
Women's rights

Author

Margaret Sanger
Source
Woman and the New Race
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Sanger, Margaret. Woman and the New Race. Brentano's, 1920, ch. 8.