I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDBegin 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.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.
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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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You are the loveliest thing that I have ever known.
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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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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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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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Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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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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I want to tell you about your heart— you’ve probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.
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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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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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The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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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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