“ when you feel that your garnered prestige and talents and all that are hung out, you need never bother about anybody; you can cope with them without difficulty. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920). copy citation
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Source | This Side of Paradise |
| Topic | difficulty talent |
| Date | 1920 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/805/805-h/805-h.htm |
Context
“but he uses those things with a cold mentality back of them.”
“And several of my most glittering possessions had fallen off when I needed them.” Amory continued the simile eagerly.
“Yes, that's it; when you feel that your garnered prestige and talents and all that are hung out, you need never bother about anybody; you can cope with them without difficulty.”
“But, on the other hand, if I haven't my possessions, I'm helpless!”
“Absolutely.”
“That's certainly an idea.”
“Now you've a clean start—a start Kerry or Sloane can constitutionally never have.”
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