"And he could not tell why the struggle was worthwhile, why he had determined to use the utmost himself and his heritage from the personalities he ha… - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I know myself," he cried, "but that is all."

"He lifted his arms to the crystaline, radiant sky.
"I know myself," he cried, "but that is all.

He stretched his arms to the crystalline, radiant sky. "I know myself," he cried, "but that is all — "

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.

Her bedroom had seemed so pink and young and delicate, appropriate to her pastel-shaded lingerie tossed here and there on chair and bed.

You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known — and even that is an understatement.