Quote#Nature
But it was too late. He had angered Providence by resisting too many…
Quote byF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1896–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), "O Russet Witch!".
English (original)
But it was too late. He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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