It was about then [1920] that I wrote a line which certain people will not let me forget: … - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Quotesmemo.com

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In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

It was about then [1920] that I wrote a line which certain people will not let me forget: "She was a faded but still lovely woman of twenty-seven. "

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