In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day. Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Quote More from F. Scott Fitzgerald “After the sureties of youth there sets in a period of intense and intolerable c…” “His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.” “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year reced…” “Nevertheless, his very superiority kept him from being a success in college--th…”