At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDLife is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Don’t forget who you are and where you come from.
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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
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For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be.
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Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
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It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
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Long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more.
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It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.
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You are mysterious, I love you. You’re beautiful, intelligent, and virtuous, and that’s the rarest known combination.
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I want to tell you about your heart— you’ve probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.
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Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.
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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.
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You really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.
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No matter how low you go, there’s always an unexplored basement.
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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I am tired of knowing nothing and being reminded of it all the time.
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