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.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThe greatest profound pain is cased by, and is the result of our own illusions, fantasies and dreams.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
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I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway
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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives.
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You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.
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You are the loveliest thing that I have ever known.
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Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.
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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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The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one’s mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.
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I never blame failure – there are too many complicated situations in life – but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
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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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The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
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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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