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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

Source:Letter to Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald (November 14, 1917); in The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Charels Scribner's Sons, ed. 1963), Page 452
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  • Name: F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist
  • Born: September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940
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