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The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Today F. Scott Fitzgerald is better known for his novels, but in his own time, his fame rested squarely on his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted writers of stories and novellas. Now, a half-century after the author's death, the premier

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“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. There's no other definition of it.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com

Tagged: Genius

“The household here is in your keeping...If there is any light and warmth in it, it will be your light and warmth; if it is happy, it will be because you've made it so. Happy things may come to you in life, but you must never go seeking them anymore. It is your turn to make the fire.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com

Tagged: Duty

“It's your turn to be the centre, to give others what was given to you for so long. You've got to give security to young people and peace to your husband, and a sort of charity to the old. You've got to let the people who work for you depend on you. You've got to cover up a few more troubles than you…”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com

Tagged: Duty

“'We make an agreement with children that they can sit in the audience without helping to make the play,' he said, 'but if they still sit in the audience after they're grown, somebody's got to work double time for them, so they can enjoy the light and glitter of the world.' 'But I want the light and…”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com

Tagged: Duty

“It is your turn to make the fire.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com

Tagged: Duty