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Unfortunately the only interesting thing in this book is the occasional shock of abhorrent sexism, the rest is over written, cliched and torturously boring. Very disappointing, I loved Gatsby when I was young, and Fitzgerald can be a good descriptive
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“She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul. She was that unity sought for by philosophers through many centuries. In this outdoor waiting room of winds and stars she had been sitting for a hundred years, at peace in the contemplation of herself.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“I don't care about truth. I want some happiness.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“There was one of his lonelinesses coming, one of those times when he walked the streets or sat, aimless and depressed, biting a pencil at his desk. It was a self-absorption with no comfort, a demand for expression with no outlet, a sense of time rushing by, ceaselessly and wastefully - assuaged only by that conviction that there was nothing to waste, because all efforts and attainments were equally valueless.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“There was a kindliness about intoxication - there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
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