She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything i…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself for so little, for the beat of a response, the assurance of a complimentary vibration in him. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi, p.141, Simon and Schuster
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