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

"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."

"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."

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

"It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did."