F. Scott Fitzgerald and I. Two peas in a pod—equally enthralled with and disappointed by life. Romantics to the core. Hyperbolic and hopeful and seeking, always. (After many years, the Great Gatsby remains my favorite book.) i12bent: Fitzgerald’s rather short life was increasingly marred by alcoholism and illnesses attendent upon his immoderate life style. His writing captures both the exuberance of the Jazz Age and the let-down experienced in its aftermath by many members of this ‘Lost Generation’… “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” — F.S.F.

F. Scott Fitzgerald and I. Two peas in a pod—equally enthralled with and disappointed by life. Romantics to the core. Hyperbolic and hopeful and seeking, always. (After many years, the Great Gatsby remains my favorite book.)

i12bent:

Fitzgerald’s rather short life was increasingly marred by alcoholism and illnesses attendent upon his immoderate life style. His writing captures both the exuberance of the Jazz Age and the let-down experienced in its aftermath by many members of this ‘Lost Generation’…

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” — F.S.F.

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