Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.
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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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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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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I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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The reason one writes isn’t the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.
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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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Long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more.
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We all have souls of different ages.
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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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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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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.
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Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know–because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.
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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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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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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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You are mysterious, I love you. You’re beautiful, intelligent, and virtuous, and that’s the rarest known combination.
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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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You remind me of a smoked cigarette.
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The greatest profound pain is cased by, and is the result of our own illusions, fantasies and dreams.
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Begin 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.
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Either 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.
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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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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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They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.
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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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