Life is impermanent and in the face of that impermanence, cavort! Look death in the eye, tell him you’re as cute as… — Nancy Milford Buttons Copy Share Image
“It was not, Zelda wrote, prosperity or the softness of life, or any instability that marred the war generation; it was a… — Nancy Milford Greatest generation Copy Share Image
“I am wild, if you like; but I stayed in my burrow a long, long time, - nibbling your straws and snapping… — Nancy Milford Long time Copy Share Image
The hats were nearly all as though made by somebody who had once heard about flowers but never seen one huge muffs… — Nancy Milford Fashion Copy Share Image
Francis Scott Fitzgerald really read culture pretty damn clearly. It was he who understood that artistic achievement, really imaginative work, goes where… — Nancy Milford Achievement Copy Share Image
“I hope I'll never get ambitious enough to try anything. It's so much nicer to be damned sure I could do it… — Nancy Milford Zelda-fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I… — Nancy Milford Clarity Copy Share Image
To be a biographer is a somewhat peculiar endeavor. It seems to me it requires not only the tact, patience, and thoroughness… — Nancy Milford Biographers Copy Share Image
