“ Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). copy citation
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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| Source | Tales of the Jazz Age |
| Topic | madness youth dream |
| Date | 1922 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6695/pg6695-images.html |
Context
“"I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth."
"It was a dream," said John quietly. "Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness."
"How pleasant then to be insane!"
"So I'm told," said John gloomily. "I don't know any longer. At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That's a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try.” source
"It was a dream," said John quietly. "Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness."
"How pleasant then to be insane!"
"So I'm told," said John gloomily. "I don't know any longer. At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That's a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try.” source
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