“Better let it all alone in the depths of her heart and the depths of the sea.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: The Popular Girl
“the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.”
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