F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes - page 6

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. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever. View quote
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I'm a cynical idealist. View quote
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Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning. View quote
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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. View quote
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You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in this world, your imagination. View quote
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in crowded rooms they would form words with their lips for each other's eyes. View quote
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There's no beauty without poignancy and there's no poignancy without the feeling that it's going, men, names, books, houses--bound for dust--mortal. View quote
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The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night. View quote
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How I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always thought all my life. But it happens that I want you, and so I just haven't room for any other desires. View quote
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A sense of responsibility would spoil her. She's too pretty. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths - so that he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden. View quote
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I hate dainty minds,' answered Marjorie. 'But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars she can talk about Russia, ping-pong, or the League of Nations and get away with it. View quote
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Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now. View quote
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I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. View quote
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I like France, where everybody thinks he's Napoleon--down here everybody thinks he's Christ. View quote
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A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style in architecture or furniture. It's acquired a picturesque dignity to take the place of its fashion. View quote
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You are mine-you know you're mine!" he cried wildly...the moonlight twisted in through the vines and listened...the fireflies hung upon their whispers as if to win his glance from the glory of their eyes. View quote
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You don't know what a trial it is to be -like me. I've got to keep my face like steel in the street to keep men from winking at me. View quote
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I'll drink your champagne. I'll drink every drop of it, I don't care if it kills me. View quote
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Don't say 'wife.' I'm your mistress. Wife's such an ugly word. Your 'permanent mistress' is so much more tangible and desirable.... (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all. View quote
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Dear, don't think of getting out of bed yet. I've always suspected that early rising in early life makes one nervous. View quote
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I hope I haven't given you the impression that I consider kissing intrinsically irrational. View quote
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you once liked me, didn't you?, he asked. LIKED you- I LOVED you. Everybody loved you. You could've had anybody you wanted for the asking. View quote
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