It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.
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| — | F. Scott Fitzgerald (via fuckyeahfitzgerald) |
…It’s hard to be made a cynic at twenty.” “I was born one,” Amory murmured. “I’m a cynical idealist.” He paused and wondered if it meant anything.
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| — | F. Scott Fitzgerald (1920) This Side of Paradise (via fuckyeahfitzgerald) |
…but I was just wishing. I wouldn’t think of leaving college. It’s just that I feel so sad these wonderful nights. I sort of feel they’re never coming again, and I’m not really getting all I could out of them.
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| — | This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald (via falldownnevergetbackupagain) |
