F. Scott FitzgeraldA collection of 23 posts

New Years

First you take a drink then the drink takes a drink then the drink takes you.

Work

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his ey...

Women

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bew...

Sad

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than i...

Respect

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk rather like the respect ...

Power

Either you think or else others have to think for you and take power from you ...

Poetry

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or h...

Morning

In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning...

Courage

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

Intelligence

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men in intelligence or r...