
Mere existence had always meant little to him; he had always desired more. Perhaps it was just because of the strength of his desires that he had considered himself a man to whom more was permitted to than others.
“‘But I like you.’ He cleared his throat. ‘I like you first and second and third.’”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side Of Paradise
“I want excitement; and I don’t care what form it takes or what I pay for it, so long as it makes my heart beat.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald