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?
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIt 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.
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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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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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.
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives. Yet from this fog his affection emerged–the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still wants to preserve a relation.
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Life 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.
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives.
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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.
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And in the end, we were all just humans, Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.
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So we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
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The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.
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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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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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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.
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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.
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