“ When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they put up. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night (1934). copy citation
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Source | Tender Is the Night |
| Topic | depth bluffing |
| Date | 1934 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301261h.html |
Context
“"This is his place--in a way, he discovered it. Old Gausse always says he owes everything to Dick."
Baby looked calmly at her sister.
"We should have let him confine himself to his bicycle excursions," she remarked. "When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they put up."
"Dick was a good husband to me for six years," Nicole said. "All that time I never suffered a minute's pain because of him, and he always did his best never to let anything hurt me."
Baby's lower jaw projected slightly as she said:”
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