It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties w... - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't."

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

"That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong."

"After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others."

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living."