Thirty—the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Topic

Aging

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Great Gatsby

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 7.

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The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Source
The Great Gatsby
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 4.

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No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

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Women's rights

Author

Margaret Sanger
Source
Woman and the New Race
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Sanger, Margaret. Woman and the New Race. Brentano's, 1920, ch. 8.

Another quote about Aging

I am ashes where once I was fire.

Lord Byron

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Topic
Aging Burnout Loss of passion Passion

Author

Lord Byron
Source
To the Countess of Blessington
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1824 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Letters and Journals. London: J. Johnson, c. 1830.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Byron: Poems. Everyman's Library, 1994.