生命力不仅表现在持之以恒的能力

June 11, 2009 Quote of the Day

"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over."
━ F. Scott Fitzgerald

“一个人的生命力不仅表现在持之以恒的能力，还在于能够重新开始或者说从头再来的能力。”
━ F. Scott Fitzgerald


About F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, who wrote as F. Scott Fitzgerald, is best known for his novel The Great Gatsby. He was born in St. Paul in 1896. Fear of mortality spurred him to write the novel This Side of Paradise while in the Army. It was rejected twice by Scribner's before they finally published it. His wife Zelda's schizophrenia was the basis for his novel Tender Is the Night. After they separated, he moved to Los Angeles and wrote screenplays for studio films. He died in 1940.