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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

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Cave Hide Ourselves
So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.
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Himself Listening Patience Stars Wait
I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Growth Mindset Myself People Place See
Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know–because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Bad Hands Lost Myself
Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created – nothing.
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Beginning Creation Type Yourself
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.
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Future Herself Lost Past Realization Regret
Having once found the intensity of art, nothing else that can happen in life can ever again seem as important as the creative process.
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Art Creativity Important Intensity Life Process
The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
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Club Country Live Rule World
And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Intimate Myself Party Privacy Small
Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?
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Eyes Gorgeous Herself Mindset Mirror Sadness
Actually that’s my secret — I can’t even talk about you to anybody because I don’t want any more people to know how wonderful you are.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Myself People Secret Talk Wonderful
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

Ability Competition Hold Mindset Yourself
The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Existence Eyes Small World Yourself
When I’m with you, I don’t breathe quite right.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Breathe Myself Presence Quite Right
They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.
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Intimacy Recover
I am tired of knowing nothing and being reminded of it all the time.
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Myself Reminder Time Tired

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.

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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.

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