F SCOTT. FITZGERALD

The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a socialite and heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couple's post-war partying life in New York, while dealing with the hardships of a selfish relationship.

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Alissa 

It seemed a tragedy to want nothing-and yet he wanted something, something. 

" …Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay. And just as any period decays in our minds, the things of that period should decay too, and in that way they’re preserved for a while in the few hearts like mine that react to them…”

andrea valentina 

I shall go on shining as a brilliantly meaningless figure in a meaningless world.

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