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A quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In our next seminar, we discussed a quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
Rob Henderson • Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
In any case, seven days after his filing, Flagler’s engagement to Mary Lily was announced in newspapers throughout the South. Flagler was seventy-one, Mary Lily Kenan was thirty-four, and the public and press reacted accordingly.
Les Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
In his mind he was the protagonist of every story, the center of everyone’s appalling attention;
Nathan Hill • The Nix: A novel
Marriage has a leveling effect, just like death. On the Titanic, the earls went down with the stewards.
Ada Calhoun • Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost
“You ever read that old bugger Nietzsche?” he asked. “A little,” I said. “You know what he said about love? Said it’s a state where we see things widely different from what they are.” “Pauline?” “Yup. It didn’t take long to unsee those things. I guess it started when we went to live with her folks in Piggott.
A. E. Hotchner • Hemingway in Love: His Own Story
The things we love the most are the most disfiguring.