F. Scott Fitzgerald Leaving Quotations

All that kept her from breaking was that it was not an image of strength that was leaving her; she would be just as strong without him.

And after reading Thoreau I felt how much I have lost by leaving nature out of my life.

Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre.

I can’t exactly describe how I feel but it’s not quite right. And it leaves me cold.