But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it. F. Scott Fitzgerald More Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald More Quotes From F. Scott Fitzgerald Well, I can't describe her exactly-except to say that she was beautiful. She was-tremendously alive. F. Scott Fitzgerald alivereadingbeautiful Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I’ll tell you a story. F. Scott Fitzgerald chairsstorieswriting I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity. F. Scott Fitzgerald affectioncuriositylove 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. F. Scott Fitzgerald long-agocaregone The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs. F. Scott Fitzgerald doebeachcountry There was a kindliness about intoxication - there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings. F. Scott Fitzgerald eveningephemeralmemories When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm F. Scott Fitzgerald fashiongirlforget The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father’s Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty. F. Scott Fitzgerald meanfatherson I'm a cynical idealist. F. Scott Fitzgerald cynicalidealist I talk with the authority of failure - Ernest with the authority of success. We could never sit across the same table again. F. Scott Fitzgerald authoritytablessuccess One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. F. Scott Fitzgerald determinedablehope I'm inclined to reserve all judgement, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. F. Scott Fitzgerald griefcollegemen It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory. F. Scott Fitzgerald timememoriespast 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 --- F. Scott Fitzgerald runningmorningyears 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. F. Scott Fitzgerald hurtdoepeople Don't forget who you are and where you come from. F. Scott Fitzgerald where-you-comewho-you-areforget My latest tendency is to collapse about 11:00 and with the tears flowing from my eyes or the gin rising to their level and leaking over, and tell interested friends or acquaintances that I haven't a friend in the world and likewise care for nobody. F. Scott Fitzgerald risingtearseye The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alivewith chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names. F. Scott Fitzgerald laughtergardenair I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. F. Scott Fitzgerald girlbeautifulinspirational That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. F. Scott Fitzgerald great-gatsby-bookconvictionsummer
