 He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of  those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you  may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to  face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on  you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just  as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would  like to believe in yourself.
He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of  those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you  may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to  face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on  you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just  as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would  like to believe in yourself.- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) author, The Great Gatsby
My neighbors' 14 1/2 year old dog, Gatsby.
 
 
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