All the bright precious things fade so fast.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Transience, Beauty, Time, Melancholy, Observation
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“So with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Renewal, Hope, Seasons, Perception, Life Cycles
F. Scott Fitzgerald Renewal, Hope, Seasons, Perception, Life Cycles“Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge, anything at all.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Possibility, Change, Hope, Future, Transition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Possibility, Change, Hope, Future, Transition“So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anticipation, Cosmic Imagery, Perception, Metaphor, Patience
F. Scott Fitzgerald Anticipation, Cosmic Imagery, Perception, Metaphor, Patience“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
Failure, Success, Relationships, Perspective, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Failure, Success, Relationships, Perspective, Human Nature“I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perspective, Duality, Life Experience, Fascination, Ambivalence
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perspective, Duality, Life Experience, Fascination, Ambivalence“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Advice, Youth, Vulnerability, Reflection, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Advice, Youth, Vulnerability, Reflection, Wisdom“She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perception, Misunderstanding, Simplicity, Fear, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perception, Misunderstanding, Simplicity, Fear, Human Nature“The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaiety, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Time, Routine, Life Metaphor, Societal Norms, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Time, Routine, Life Metaphor, Societal Norms, Human Nature“Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Family, Conflict, Pain, Healing, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Family, Conflict, Pain, Healing, Relationships“Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendour.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ambition, Realization, Perception, Character Development, Aspiration
F. Scott Fitzgerald Ambition, Realization, Perception, Character Development, Aspiration“So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nostalgia, Seasons, Decision, Home, Sensory Experience
F. Scott Fitzgerald Nostalgia, Seasons, Decision, Home, Sensory Experience“Life plays the same lovely and agonizing joke on all of us.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Life, Humor, Universality, Human Condition, Irony
F. Scott Fitzgerald Life, Humor, Universality, Human Condition, Irony“The trouble is that sometimes she gets foolish ideas in her head and doesn't know what she's doing.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Judgment, Behavior, Perception, Gender Stereotypes, Critique
F. Scott Fitzgerald Judgment, Behavior, Perception, Gender Stereotypes, Critique“An unread book is just a block of paper.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reading, Knowledge, Potential, Books, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading, Knowledge, Potential, Books, Wisdom“There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Culture, Tragedy, Failure, National Identity, Perspective
F. Scott Fitzgerald American Culture, Tragedy, Failure, National Identity, Perspective“Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Virtue, Self-perception, Human Nature, Morality, Irony
F. Scott Fitzgerald Virtue, Self-perception, Human Nature, Morality, Irony“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Intelligence, Contradiction, Cognitive Ability, Mental Flexibility, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Intelligence, Contradiction, Cognitive Ability, Mental Flexibility, Wisdom“There was only one fly in the delicious ointment.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Imperfection, Idiom, Criticism, Observation, Irony
F. Scott Fitzgerald Imperfection, Idiom, Criticism, Observation, Irony