The only thing she could do now was to shed a few tears, feeling rather afraid of herself, an intelligent young woman, who had everything going for her, but who tended to make the wrong decisions. She just hoped that this time she was right.

Paulo Coelho
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In this quote from "Tender is the Night," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character of Nicole refers to herself in the third person. While she is not talking about herself directly, it is clear that she is referring to her behavior and actions in the novel. The fact that Nicole makes a mistake and then immediately takes responsibility for her mistakes and tries to change her ways and learn from them is an important part of the novel.

He idea of trying to learn from our mistakes and move on, despite how we may feel at the time, is an important lesson for us all to learn. There are many things we may do in life that we wish we could take back or change, but we cannot. If we try to change our past, we will end up changing our future as well.

Source: Eleven Minutes

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