Tag Archives: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Happy New Year from Porchscene!

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 17, 2023

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April. It’s a sad season of life without growth…It has no day.”   —F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 11, 2021

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 11, 2018

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The … Continue reading →

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