> I've searched all over the place for the source of that Fitzgerald quote. I can't find it. It's almost impossible to search for quotations I now realize. especially if you can't identify it as "inspirational", "encouraging", or some other Hallmark-ish type theme. If anyone figures out which of his works it's from, let me know. I love the sound of the line. And I'm now bothered with curiosity.


According to my handy Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, it is indeed from Fitzgerald, and it's from apparently a story or article called "Handle with Care," published in Esquire, March 1936. "Dark Night of the Soul," it says, is a translation of the Spanish title of a work by St John of the Cross, known in English as _The Ascent of Mount Carmel._ (1578-1580)

The actual quote is: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning."

It's always nice when I get to use one of those big reference books I keep up on the top of the desk.

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