A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDA woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThe 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 FITZGERALDBefore you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThat 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 FITZGERALDIt is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDI want to tell you about your heart— you’ve probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIt’s not a slam at you when people are rude, it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIntelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIt is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDExperience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDTo write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIntelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDYou really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThere are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDYou 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 FITZGERALDNever confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD