The girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

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Shoot your shot Missed opportunities Love

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Amory Blaine

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

This Side of Paradise

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Scribner, 1920, bk. 2, ch. 2.

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That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Patriarchy Women's attractiveness Women

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source
The Great Gatsby
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 1.

Another quote from the 1920s

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Effects of the past The past The human condition

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source
The Great Gatsby
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Closing lines Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 9.

Another quote about Love

When you love someone you leave every possibility open to them, and in spite of all the memories of the past you are ready to be surprised, again and again-surprised, at how different they are, how various, not a finished image.

Max Frisch

I'm Not Stiller

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Topic
Nature of love Love
Speaker
Julika Stiller-Tschudy

Author

Max Frisch
Source
I'm Not Stiller
Medium
Novel
Language
German
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Frisch, Max. Stiller [I'm Not Stiller]. Suhrkamp, 1954, bk. 2.

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex.

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Nineteenth Amendment Voting rights Women's rights Civil Rights Amendments
Source
Constitution of the United States
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

The United States Constitution. Amend. 19, sec. 1.

Current Citation

"The Constitution of the United States." The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 19, sec. 1.