I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be d…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe - and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). The Beautiful and Damned: American Literature, p.55, VM eBooks
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