He was satisfied with them both, but conveyed the fact to them only in a tacit way. They were not let off breaches of good conduct—“Either one learns politeness at home,” Dick said, “or the world teaches it to you with a whip and you may get hurt in the process. What do I care [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Literature'
Teaching Manners – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Literature, Parenting
The Brilliance of Madness – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Literature, Mental Illness
But the brilliance, the versatility of madness is akin to the resourcefulness of water seeping through, over and around a dike. It requires the united front of many people to work against it.
Tags:depression·Mental Health
Without Reservations – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Humanism, Literature
Dick liked him, as he liked his friends, without reservations.
Tags:Charisma·Friendship
Fun to Kiss – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Literature, Love, Prose, Writing
The voice fell low, sank into her breast and stretched the tight bodice over her heart as she came up close. He felt the young lips, her body sighing in relief against the arm growing stronger to hold her. There were now no more plans than if Dick had arbitrarily made some indissoluble mixture, with [...]
The Essential Structure – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Description, Literature, Love, Prose, Uncategorized, Writing
Her face, ivory gold against the blurred sunset that strove through the rain, had a promise Dick had never seen before: the high cheek- bones, the faintly wan quality, cool rather than feverish, was reminiscent of the frame of a promising colt—a creature whose life did not promise to be only a projection of youth [...]
All the Lost Youth in the World – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Description, Literature, Prose, Writing
Within the building a trio broke into Suppe’s “Light Cavalry.” Nicole took advantage of this to stand up and the impression of her youth and beauty grew on Dick until it welled up inside him in a compact paroxysm of emotion. She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in [...]
Tags:prose
Playing the Helpless Child - “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Description, Literature
Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child.
Tags:Masculinity·Vulnerability
Keeping Secrets – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Literature
“Do you think Abe can keep a secret?” He spoke with incisive irony. “Tell a secret over the radio, publish it in a tabloid, but never tell it to a man who drinks more than three or four a day.”
Tags:Alcohol·Alcoholism·Secret·Secrets·Trust
Nicole – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Description, Literature, Love, Prose, Writing
Nicole had been a beauty as a young girl and she would be a beauty later when her skin stretched tight over her high cheekbones—the essential structure was there. She had been white-Saxon-blonde but she was more beautiful now that her hair had darkened than when it had been like a cloud and more beautiful [...]
A Link Between Past and Future Pleasure – “Tender is the Night” – F Scott Fitzgerald
August 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Description, Literature, Love, Prose, Writing
Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy—one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure but turn out to have been the pleasure itself.
