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.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDNever confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
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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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There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.
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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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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 the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.
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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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I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.
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You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.
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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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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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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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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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