Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

i was perhaps an egotist in youth, but i soon found it made me morbid to think too much about myself

He doesn't believe that public swimming-pools and a kind word in time will right the wrongs of the world; moreover, he takes a drink whenever he feels like it.

You seem to take things so personally, hating people and worshipping them — always thinking people are so important — especially yourselves. You just ask to be kicked around. I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it — on the inside.