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F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I found something! Couragejust that; courage as a rule of life and something to cling to always. I found something! Courage
just that; courage as a rule of life and something to cling to always.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured. "You can't repeat the past.""Can't repeat the past? he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can! I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured. "You can't repeat the past."
"Can't repeat the past? he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on. When I came back from founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on. When I came back from
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream. It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Agonizingly aware of the money in the vicinity and convinced it was theirs for a few words in the right key Agonizingly aware of the money in the vicinity and convinced it was theirs for a few words in the right key
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Dick walked beside her, feeling her unhappiness, and wanting to drink the rain that touched her cheek. Dick walked beside her, feeling her unhappiness, and wanting to drink the rain that touched her cheek.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: A man's social rank is determined by the amount of bread he eats in a sandwich. A man's social rank is determined by the amount of bread he eats in a sandwich.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see. No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: That's a great expression of yours, isn't it?" said Tom sharply. "What is?" "All this 'old sport' business. Where'd you pick that up? That's a great expression of yours, isn't it?" said Tom sharply. "What is?" "All this 'old sport' business. Where'd you pick that up?
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: And after reading Thoreau I felt how much I have lost by leaving nature out of my life. And after reading Thoreau I felt how much I have lost by leaving nature out of my life.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: You're three or four different men but each of them out in the open. Like all Americans. You're three or four different men but each of them out in the open. Like all Americans.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: A fellow has to believe in something, Jay-such as the rottenness of humanity. A fellow has to believe in something, Jay-such as the rottenness of humanity.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Take off that darn fur coat! ... Or maybe you'd like to have us open all the windows. Take off that darn fur coat! ... Or maybe you'd like to have us open all the windows.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world. New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Their eyes met and they stared together at each other, alone in space. Their eyes met and they stared together at each other, alone in space.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: To most women art is a form of scandal. To most women art is a form of scandal.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: The world is so overgrown that it can't lift its own fingers, and I was planning to be such an important finger- The world is so overgrown that it can't lift its own fingers, and I was planning to be such an important finger-
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I'll tell you God's truth. His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by. I'll tell you God's truth. His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: The education of all beautiful women is the knowledge of men. The education of all beautiful women is the knowledge of men.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: After all, in the very casualness of Gatsby's party there were romantic possibilities totally absent from her world. After all, in the very casualness of Gatsby's party there were romantic possibilities totally absent from her world.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Tom and Daisy stared, with that peculiarly unreal feeling that accompanies the recognition of a hitherto ghostly celebrity of the movies. Tom and Daisy stared, with that peculiarly unreal feeling that accompanies the recognition of a hitherto ghostly celebrity of the movies.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort. I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional. An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I have never wished there was a God to call on- I have often wished there was a God to thank. I have never wished there was a God to call on- I have often wished there was a God to thank.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Was everyone followed in the moonlight? Was everyone followed in the moonlight?
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: There was not a moving up into vacated places; there was simply an anachronistic staying on between a vanishing past and an incalculable future. There was not a moving up into vacated places; there was simply an anachronistic staying on between a vanishing past and an incalculable future.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: If you write me letters, please let them be natural ones. If you write me letters, please let them be natural ones.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I care not who hoes the lettuce of my country if I can eat the salad! I care not who hoes the lettuce of my country if I can eat the salad!
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Men don't often know those times when a girl could be had for nothing. Men don't often know those times when a girl could be had for nothing.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry. Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I can never judge a man while he's talking I can never judge a man while he's talking
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: She was incurably dishonest. She was incurably dishonest.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say. The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn. My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Once we were one person, and always it will be a little that way. Once we were one person, and always it will be a little that way.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures. Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: In short, you have only your emotions to sell. This is the experience of all writers. In short, you have only your emotions to sell. This is the experience of all writers.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: It was too late - everything was too late. For years now he had dreamed the world away, basing his decisions upon emotions unstable as water. It was too late - everything was too late. For years now he had dreamed the world away, basing his decisions upon emotions unstable as water.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive youit's a wall that an active you runs up against. Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you
it's a wall that an active you runs up against.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I carry the place around the world in my heart but sometimes I try to shake it off in my dreams I carry the place around the world in my heart but sometimes I try to shake it off in my dreams
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: She yawned gracefully in my face. She yawned gracefully in my face.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handle with gloves. Good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handle with gloves.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be. Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I guess I'm the Black Death,' he said slowly. 'I don't seem to bring people happiness any more. I guess I'm the Black Death,' he said slowly. 'I don't seem to bring people happiness any more.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: You once liked me, didn't you?, he asked.LIKED you- I LOVED you. Everybody loved you. You could've had anybody you wanted for the asking. You once liked me, didn't you?, he asked.
LIKED you- I LOVED you. Everybody loved you. You could've had anybody you wanted for the asking.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: No matter how low you go, there's always an unexplored basement. No matter how low you go, there's always an unexplored basement.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Tangled with love in the moonlight she welcomed the anarchy of her lover. Tangled with love in the moonlight she welcomed the anarchy of her lover.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me. Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels. Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good. There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: When a girl feels that she's perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That's charm When a girl feels that she's perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That's charm
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: He was so terrible that he was no longer terrible, only dehumanized. He was so terrible that he was no longer terrible, only dehumanized.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Good luck to you and bad luck to your theories. Good luck to you and bad luck to your theories.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: We'll meet you on some corner. I'll be the man smoking two cigarettes. We'll meet you on some corner. I'll be the man smoking two cigarettes.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: How do you do, Captain, she said, unfastening her eyes from his with difficulty, as though they had become entangled. How do you do, Captain, she said, unfastening her eyes from his with difficulty, as though they had become entangled.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate. People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: How good to have things like this, to be worshipped again, to pretend to have a mystery! How good to have things like this, to be worshipped again, to pretend to have a mystery!
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Human sympathy has its limits. Human sympathy has its limits.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Oh, the enormous conceit of the man! Oh, the enormous conceit of the man!
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Which are you?" "I'm feline. So are you. So are most Southern men an' most of these girls Which are you?" "I'm feline. So are you. So are most Southern men an' most of these girls
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: You used to be entertaining before you started to write. You used to be entertaining before you started to write.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Bright unused beauty still plaugued her in the mirror. Bright unused beauty still plaugued her in the mirror.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: And in the end, we were all just humans.. drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness. And in the end, we were all just humans.. drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility. You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck. Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Celtic you'll live and Celtic you'll die. Celtic you'll live and Celtic you'll die.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I used to wonder why they kept princesses in towers I used to wonder why they kept princesses in towers
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two. They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: But they made no sound and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable again. But they made no sound and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable again.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in the world. She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in the world.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: social barriers as artificial distinctions made by the strong to bolster up their weak retainers and keep out the almost strong. Having social barriers as artificial distinctions made by the strong to bolster up their weak retainers and keep out the almost strong. Having
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: he was safe in here from all the threat of life... he was safe in here from all the threat of life...
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: It takes two to make an accident. It takes two to make an accident.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I was alone again in the unquiet darkness. I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: The strongest should come first in comedy because once a character is really established as funny everything he does is funny. The strongest should come first in comedy because once a character is really established as funny everything he does is funny.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Personality is a series of unbroken gestures. Personality is a series of unbroken gestures.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval. Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window. Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Never befuddle a solitary thrashing with a last annihilation. Never befuddle a solitary thrashing with a last annihilation.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand. He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge, anything at all ... Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge, anything at all ...
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Man in his hunger for faith will feed his mind with the nearest and most convenient food. Man in his hunger for faith will feed his mind with the nearest and most convenient food.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: It always astonishes me when anybody does anything It always astonishes me when anybody does anything
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: You like to help everybody, don't you?I only pretend to. You like to help everybody, don't you?
I only pretend to.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me and I felt a little dizzy for a while. I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me and I felt a little dizzy for a while.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Compromising with events time moves along. Compromising with events time moves along.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Life begins again when it gets crisp in the fall. Life begins again when it gets crisp in the fall.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: If we could only learn to look on evil as evil, whether it's clothed in filth or monotony or magnificence. If we could only learn to look on evil as evil, whether it's clothed in filth or monotony or magnificence.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time. - The Great Gatsby.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: The price for his intactness was incompleteness. The price for his intactness was incompleteness.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: Vich Deelish My heart is in the heart of my son And my life is in his life surely A man can be twice young In the life of his Vich Deelish My heart is in the heart of my son And my life is in his life surely A man can be twice young In the life of his sons only.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about. A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about.
F Scott Fitzgerald quotes: She was beautiful but especially she was without mercy. He must own that strength that could send him away. She was beautiful
but especially she was without mercy. He must own that strength that could send him away.

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