There are no second acts in American lives. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · Smartyfair

There are no second acts in American lives.

F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940 · writer · 1900s USAF. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist who captured the glittering parties and big dreams of 1920s America, a time he nicknamed the Jazz Age. His most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, tells the story of a mysterious millionaire and is now read in classrooms around the world.2 quotes

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What turned up: Fred R. Shapiro, The New Yale Book of Quotations (2021), p.286: The Last Tycoon, Hollywood, etc. (1941). Distinguishes the different wording in My Lost City.
Sources checked: forum.freemdict.comChecked using manual, 16 October 2026Fred R. Shapiro, The New Yale Book of Quotations (2021), p.286: The Last Tycoon, Hollywood, etc. (1941). Distinguishes the different wording in My Lost City.

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