# Quote — F.Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night

> Either you think — or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

- Author: [F.Scott Fitzgerald](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fscott-fitzgerald.md)
- Book: [Tender is the Night](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fscott-fitzgerald/tender-is-the-night.md)
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