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.
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 FITZGERALDI love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDShe was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDWe all have souls of different ages.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThere are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThe world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDBegin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created – nothing.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDEither 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 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 FITZGERALDI suppose books mean more than people to me anyway
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDVitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDFor what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDWhen I’m with you, I don’t breathe quite right.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDShe wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDAnd in the end, we were all just humans, Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDSo he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD