The girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.

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The girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise · 1920

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1920

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Scribner, 1920, bk. 2, ch. 2.

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