It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving,... - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."

"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."

"For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over again."

"The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young."