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F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another Picture Quote #1

Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre Picture Quote #1

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy and the quoted tattle merely the arrow Picture Quote #1

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since Picture Quote #1

Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry Picture Quote #1

In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars Picture Quote #1

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Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it! Picture Quote #1

Travel, which had once charmed him, seemed, at length, unendurable, a business of color without substance, a phantom chase after his own dream’s shadow Picture Quote #1

He was figuratively following along beside her as she walked the fence, ready to catch her if she should fall Picture Quote #1

Then, as though it had been waiting on a near by roof for their arrival, the moon came slanting suddenly through the vines and turned the girl’s face the color of white roses Picture Quote #1

So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness Picture Quote #1

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong Picture Quote #1

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She admired him; she was used to clutching her hands together in his wake and heaving audible sighs Picture Quote #1

I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them Picture Quote #1

So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home Picture Quote #1

There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He is too many people if he’s any good Picture Quote #1

I hope something happens. I’m restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic Picture Quote #1

It is youth’s felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring up the day against its own radiantly imagined future Picture Quote #1

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You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me Picture Quote #1

The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long Picture Quote #1

You’re not sorry to go, of course. With people like us our home is where we are not... No one person in the world is necessary to you or to me Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure and the memory so possessed him that for the moment there was nothing to do but to pretend Picture Quote #1

Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit Picture Quote #1

I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores Picture Quote #1

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I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound Picture Quote #1

As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat’s shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand Picture Quote #1

He had possessed the arrogance of a tall member of a short race, with no obligation save to be tall Picture Quote #1

Rosemary felt that this swim would become the typical one of her life, the one that would always pop up in her memory at the mention of swimming Picture Quote #1

Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child Picture Quote #1

The truth was that for some months he had been going through that partitioning of the things of youth wherein it is decided whether or not to die for what one no longer believes Picture Quote #1

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Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy and the quoted tattle merely the arrow (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 (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry (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 (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it! (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Travel, which had once charmed him, seemed, at length, unendurable, a business of color without substance, a phantom chase after his own dream’s shadow (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) He was figuratively following along beside her as she walked the fence, ready to catch her if she should fall (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Then, as though it had been waiting on a near by roof for their arrival, the moon came slanting suddenly through the vines and turned the girl’s face the color of white roses (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) She admired him; she was used to clutching her hands together in his wake and heaving audible sighs (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home (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 (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I hope something happens. I’m restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) It is youth’s felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring up the day against its own radiantly imagined future (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) You’re not sorry to go, of course. With people like us our home is where we are not... No one person in the world is necessary to you or to me (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure and the memory so possessed him that for the moment there was nothing to do but to pretend (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat’s shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) He had possessed the arrogance of a tall member of a short race, with no obligation save to be tall (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Rosemary felt that this swim would become the typical one of her life, the one that would always pop up in her memory at the mention of swimming (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) The truth was that for some months he had been going through that partitioning of the things of youth wherein it is decided whether or not to die for what one no longer believes (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes)

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