I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThe world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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You really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.
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So we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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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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Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
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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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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
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Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.
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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?
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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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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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She 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.
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Actually that’s my secret — I can’t even talk about you to anybody because I don’t want any more people to know how wonderful you are.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
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