At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDBefore you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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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 are mysterious, I love you. You’re beautiful, intelligent, and virtuous, and that’s the rarest known combination.
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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
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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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I didn’t realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.
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They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.
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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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It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
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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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Never confuse activity with action.
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It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.
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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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No matter how low you go, there’s always an unexplored basement.
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So we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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