# Quote — F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

> To Anthony life was a struggle against death, that waited at every corner. It was as a concession to his hypochondriacal imagination that he formed the habit of reading in bed — it soothed him. He read until he was tired and often fell asleep with the lights still on.

- Author: [F.Scott Fitzgerald](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fscott-fitzgerald.md)
- Book: [The Beautiful and Damned](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fscott-fitzgerald/the-beautiful-and-damned.md)
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