I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDExperience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
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I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.
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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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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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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.
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Never confuse activity with action.
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I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
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So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.
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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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Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.
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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.
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Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
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