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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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Effects of the past The past The human condition

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Great Gatsby
Medium
Novel
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Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 9.

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.

T. E. Lawrence

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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Dreamers Going for it

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T. E. Lawrence
Source
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Language
English
Time
1926 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lawrence, T. E. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. 1926, introductory chapter.

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Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Toni Morrison

Beloved

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Nature of love Love
Speaker
Sethe

Author

Toni Morrison
Source
Beloved
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Another quote from 1920

Are you lost daddy I asked tenderly.
Shut up he explained.

Ring Lardner

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Parents and children

Author

Ring Lardner
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lardner, Ring. "The Young Immigrunts." Ring Lardner: Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 1997. Originally published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920, ch. 10.