“They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale---and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.”
Source: The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald411
American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes
“The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe.”
Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005) American artist
from E.J. Martin's website at http://morayeel.louisiana.edu/ejMARTIN/ejMARTIN-artist.html
“We weren't happy. It was a nightmare, breaking the rules and all that.”
Charlotte Rampling (1946) British actress
Everyone seemed to be having fun, but they were so taking many drugs they wouldn't know it anyway. <br class="br"> "Charlotte Rampling: In from the cold", in The Independent (25 March 2005) http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/charlotte-rampling-in-from-the-cold-529788.html.
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Ceux qui ont eu de grandes passions se trouvent toute leur vie heureux, et malheureux, d'en être guéris.
Maxim 485.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart http://www.cc.com/video-clips/svsqnx/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-joe-biden () <br class="br">2000s, 2004
Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer
Reported in Robert Krier (January 31, 2008) "Waiting to Inhale: Don't take a breath without the report from our Air Pollution Control District", The San Diego Union-Tribune, p. E-1.
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Randall Jarrell book Pictures from an Institution
Source: Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel], Chapter 1, p. 22