Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering — this is an all-weather beatitude for glo… - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering — this is an all-weather beatitude for gloom in general and fairly salutary day-time advice for everyone. But at three o’clock in the morning, a forgotten package has the same tragic importance as a death sentence, and the cure doesn’t work — and in a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.

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About F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (24 September 1896 – 21 December 1940) was an Irish-American novelist and short story writer.

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Native Name: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Alternative Names: Francis Scott Fitzgerald Scott Fitzgerald
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