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The quote suggests that youth is one of life’s main pleasures, and that as people grow older, they may find value in admiring that youth in others. It frames aging as a shift from possessing youth to appreciating it from afar. The tone is reflective and a little wistful.
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About F. Scott Fitzgerald
American novelist, essayist, and short story writer
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He became associated with the Jazz Age, and his fiction is closely tied to its glamour, restlessness, and excess. He published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. He also helped popularize the phrase “Jazz Age” in his collection Tales of the Jazz Age. He found brief success and wealth in the 1920s, but wider critical recognition came only after his death.
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Books by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
1992
This Side of Paradise
1920
The Beautiful and Damned
2008
Tender is the Night
1988
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2021