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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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“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
“Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does.”
― 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
“I don't care about truth. I want some happiness.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
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