Quote#Love
I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity and her flaming…
Quote byF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1896–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted, Letter to Isabelle Amorous (February 1920).
English (original)
I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity and her flaming self-respect. And it's these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. But of course the real reason, Isabelle, is that I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything. You’re still a Catholic, but Zelda’s the only God I have left now.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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