F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes - page 8

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
You remind me of a smoked cigarette. View quote
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When a girl feels that she's perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That's charm. View quote
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And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy. View quote
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I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway. View quote
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The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before. View quote
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Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world's weight he had never chosen to bear. View quote
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An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional. View quote
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Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh. View quote
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I am tired of knowing nothing and being reminded of it all the time. View quote
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He looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself for so little, for the beat of a response, the assurance of a complimentary vibration in him. View quote
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It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. View quote
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before. View quote
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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? View quote
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You'll find another.' God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody. View quote
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There was a kindliness about intoxication - there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings. View quote
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Life cracked like ice! View quote
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To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing. View quote
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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. View quote
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No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. View quote
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She was dazzling-- alight; it was agony to comprehend her beauty in a glance. View quote
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Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood. View quote
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You can stroke people with words. View quote
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