At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDYou really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Life is so damned hard, so damned hard… It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can’t be hurt ever any more. That’s the last and worst thing it does.
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She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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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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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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You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.
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I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
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It’s not a slam at you when people are rude, it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.
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Having once found the intensity of art, nothing else that can happen in life can ever again seem as important as the creative process.
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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
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No matter how low you go, there’s always an unexplored basement.
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Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.
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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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