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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Short story

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
1920
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Topic
Stages of lifeAgingConvictions
Statement type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Medium
Short story
Time
1920
Person
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Provenance
Current citation
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels and Stories 1920-1922, edited by Jackson Bryer. Library of America, 2000.
Original citation
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." Saturday Evening Post, May 1920.

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