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F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it Picture Quote #1

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens Picture Quote #1

The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one’s mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind Picture Quote #1

Let’s borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained Picture Quote #1

I never believe much in happiness. I never believe in misery either. Those are things you see on the stage or the screen or the printed page, they never really happen to you in life Picture Quote #1

I am not a great man, but sometimes I think the impersonal and objective equality of my talent and the sacrifices of it, in pieces, to preserve its essential value has some sort of epic grandeur Picture Quote #1

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Reporting the extreme things as if they were the average things will start you on the art of fiction Picture Quote #1

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he is rather tired of something in himself Picture Quote #1

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside Picture Quote #1

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions Picture Quote #1

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function Picture Quote #1

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders Picture Quote #1

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My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward Picture Quote #1

Only remember west of the Mississippi it’s a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk Picture Quote #1

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you’ll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all Picture Quote #1

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint Picture Quote #1

Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was Picture Quote #1

Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You’ve got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges Picture Quote #1

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I hate dainty minds,’ answered Marjorie. ‘But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars she can talk about Russia, ping-pong, or the League of Nations and get away with it Picture Quote #1

Think how you love me,’ she whispered. ‘I don’t ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember.’ You’ll always be like this to me.’ Oh no; but promise me you’ll remember.’ Her tears were falling. ‘I’ll be different, but somewhere lost inside me there’ll always be the person I am tonight Picture Quote #1

Amory wondered how people could fail to notice that he was a boy marked for glory, and when faces of the throng turned toward him and ambiguous eyes stared into his, he assumed the most romantic of expressions and walked on the air cushions that lie on the asphalts of fourteen Picture Quote #1

The first lights of the evening were springing into pale existence. The Ferris wheel, pricked out now in lights, revolved leisurely through the dusk; a few empty cars of the roller coaster rattled overhead Picture Quote #1

If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired Picture Quote #1

I want you to take a red-hot bath as hot as you can bear it, and just relax your nerves. You can read in the tub if you wish Picture Quote #1

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It isn’t given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. They will not be cured by our most efficacious drugs or slain with our sharpest swords Picture Quote #1

I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone’s away. There’s something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands Picture Quote #1

Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Then a strange thing happened. She turned to him and smiled, and as he saw her smile every rag of anger and hurt vanity dropped form him - as though his very moods were but the outer ripples of her own, as though emotion rose no longer in his breast unless she saw fit to pull an omnipotent controlling thread Picture Quote #1

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The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one’s mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Let’s borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I never believe much in happiness. I never believe in misery either. Those are things you see on the stage or the screen or the printed page, they never really happen to you in life (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I am not a great man, but sometimes I think the impersonal and objective equality of my talent and the sacrifices of it, in pieces, to preserve its essential value has some sort of epic grandeur (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Reporting the extreme things as if they were the average things will start you on the art of fiction (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he is rather tired of something in himself (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Only remember west of the Mississippi it’s a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you’ll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You’ve got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I hate dainty minds,’ answered Marjorie. ‘But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars she can talk about Russia, ping-pong, or the League of Nations and get away with it (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Think how you love me,’ she whispered. ‘I don’t ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember.’ You’ll always be like this to me.’ Oh no; but promise me you’ll remember.’ Her tears were falling. ‘I’ll be different, but somewhere lost inside me there’ll always be the person I am tonight (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Amory wondered how people could fail to notice that he was a boy marked for glory, and when faces of the throng turned toward him and ambiguous eyes stared into his, he assumed the most romantic of expressions and walked on the air cushions that lie on the asphalts of fourteen (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) The first lights of the evening were springing into pale existence. The Ferris wheel, pricked out now in lights, revolved leisurely through the dusk; a few empty cars of the roller coaster rattled overhead (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I want you to take a red-hot bath as hot as you can bear it, and just relax your nerves. You can read in the tub if you wish (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) It isn’t given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. They will not be cured by our most efficacious drugs or slain with our sharpest swords (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone’s away. There’s something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain (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 time. - The Great Gatsby (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 (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) Then a strange thing happened. She turned to him and smiled, and as he saw her smile every rag of anger and hurt vanity dropped form him - as though his very moods were but the outer ripples of her own, as though emotion rose no longer in his breast unless she saw fit to pull an omnipotent controlling thread (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes)

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