I’m a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires.
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.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
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No matter how low you go, there’s always an unexplored basement.
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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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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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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives.
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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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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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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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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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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 are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.
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I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
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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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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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