Turnbull 1962, p. 102: "Victory was sweet, though not as sweet as it would have been six months earlier before Zelda had rejected him. Fitzgerald couldn't recapture the thrill of their first love". Turnbull, Andrew (1962) [1954]. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. LCCN62-9315. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
Fitzgerald 1945, p. 89: "My story price had gone from $30 to $1,000. That's a small price to what was paid later in the Boom, but what it sounded like to me couldn't be exaggerated." ———————— (1945). Wilson, Edmund (ed.). The Crack-Up. New York: New Directions. ISBN0-8112-0051-5 – via Internet Archive.
Piper 1965, p. 87: "The long-winded conversations in which Anthony, Richard, and Maury discuss sex, marriage, love, education, and the meaning of life, were based on similar discussions the Fitzgeralds had enjoyed with their friends over glasses of bootleg gin during that first summer of their marriage in Westport." Piper, Henry Dan (1965). F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Critical Portrait. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. LCCN65-14435 – via Internet Archive.
Kazin 1951, p. 75: "To be sure, a steady growth has been going on within this interesting author. The amusing insolence of his earlier manner of writing has persistently given way before a bolder, sharper stroke less personal in reference.... There are even Lawrence-like strong moments in The Beautiful and Damned." Kazin, Alfred, ed. (1951). F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Man and His Work (1st ed.). New York City: World Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
Turnbull 1962, p. 102: "Victory was sweet, though not as sweet as it would have been six months earlier before Zelda had rejected him. Fitzgerald couldn't recapture the thrill of their first love". Turnbull, Andrew (1962) [1954]. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. LCCN62-9315. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
Piper 1965, p. 87: "The long-winded conversations in which Anthony, Richard, and Maury discuss sex, marriage, love, education, and the meaning of life, were based on similar discussions the Fitzgeralds had enjoyed with their friends over glasses of bootleg gin during that first summer of their marriage in Westport." Piper, Henry Dan (1965). F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Critical Portrait. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. LCCN65-14435 – via Internet Archive.