It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDShe wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
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Having once found the intensity of art, nothing else that can happen in life can ever again seem as important as the creative process.
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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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You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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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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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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I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.
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You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.
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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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I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway
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I’m a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.
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