“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.”― Zelda Fitzgerald, The Collected Writings
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“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.”― Zelda Fitzgerald, The Collected Writings
I have a difficult relationship with Zelda. She was a drunk (I’m only allowed to say that because I am as well) and mentally unstable (yes), though certainly not deserving of the treatment she deserved. And how many people remember how she died? Horrific.
But was she a great to be obsessed over? Never given a chance given her environment. Her novel is quite good. Better than some of her husband’s short stories. She possessed discipline – that’s what breaks my heart. Her hours of dance practice I see as both bottomless potential and a flight from the life she was living.
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We romanticize her to some extent, glossing over character flaws that don’t fit our perceived personae. My heart breaks over her life story. “Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy. “
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Deserving the treatment she -received-
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