Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and sa… - F. Scott Fitzgerald
""
Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit.
Here was a new generation, shouting the old cries, learning the old creeds, through a revery of long days and nights; destined finally to go out into that dirty gray turmoil to follow love and pride; a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken...
Go Premium
Support Quotewise while enjoying an ad-free experience and premium features.