“ And I hope she'll be a fool — that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925). copy citation
Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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Source | The Great Gatsby |
Topic | women foolishness |
Date | 1925 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200041.txt |
Context
“I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'all right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool — that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.»
«You see I think everything's terrible anyhow,» she went on in a convinced way. «Everybody thinks so — the most advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.»” source
«You see I think everything's terrible anyhow,» she went on in a convinced way. «Everybody thinks so — the most advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.»” source