As the still ocean paths before the shark in starred and glittering waterways, beauty-high, the moon-swathed trees divided, pair on pair, while flapping nightbirds cried across the air.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nature, Imagery, Beauty, Night, Poetic Description
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“When I'm with you, I don't breathe quite right.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Physical Reaction, Emotion, Intimacy, Human Connection
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Physical Reaction, Emotion, Intimacy, Human Connection“The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Contrarianism, Originality, Value, Ideas, Social Commentary
F. Scott Fitzgerald Contrarianism, Originality, Value, Ideas, Social Commentary“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Life Roles, Human Condition, Society, Exhaustion, Pursuit
F. Scott Fitzgerald Life Roles, Human Condition, Society, Exhaustion, Pursuit“It's just that I feel so sad these wonderful nights. I sort of feel they're never coming again, and I'm not really getting all I could out of them.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Melancholy, Nostalgia, Regret, Transience, Appreciation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Melancholy, Nostalgia, Regret, Transience, Appreciation“An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Art, Perspective, Contradiction, Creativity, Mental Capacity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Art, Perspective, Contradiction, Creativity, Mental Capacity“Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Deception, Storytelling, Romance, Imagination, Human Desire
F. Scott Fitzgerald Deception, Storytelling, Romance, Imagination, Human Desire“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heroism, Tragedy, Storytelling, Human Nature, Writing
F. Scott Fitzgerald Heroism, Tragedy, Storytelling, Human Nature, Writing“The victor belongs to the spoils.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Success, Victory, Consequences, Irony, Reversal Of Phrase
F. Scott Fitzgerald Success, Victory, Consequences, Irony, Reversal Of Phrase“She was a dark, unenduring little flower – yet he thought he detected in her some quality of spiritual reticence, of strength drawn from her passive acceptance of all things. In this he was mistaken.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perception, Misjudgment, Character, Strength, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perception, Misjudgment, Character, Strength, Human Nature“To most women art is a form of scandal.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Art, Gender, Perception, Scandal, Social Commentary
F. Scott Fitzgerald Art, Gender, Perception, Scandal, Social Commentary“People living alone get used to loneliness.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, Adaptation, Solitude, Human Nature, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loneliness, Adaptation, Solitude, Human Nature, Observation“Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Independent Thinking, Power, Individuality, Conformity, Freedom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Independent Thinking, Power, Individuality, Conformity, Freedom“Cut out all these exclamation jokes. An explanation point is like laughing at your own joke. I'm going to delete you from my contacts if you keep sending solely emoji texts. You're a grown-ass man.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing Advice, Humor, Communication, Maturity, Social Criticism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing Advice, Humor, Communication, Maturity, Social Criticism“The Montana sunset lay between the mountains like a giant bruise from which darkened arteries spread across a poisoned sky.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nature, Imagery, Description, Sunset, Metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Nature, Imagery, Description, Sunset, Metaphor“The water reached up for her, pulled her down tenderly out of the heat, seeped in her hair and ran into the corners of her body. She turned round and round in it, embracing it, wallowing in it.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sensuality, Nature, Immersion, Pleasure, Description
F. Scott Fitzgerald Sensuality, Nature, Immersion, Pleasure, Description“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Persistence, Struggle, Time, Nostalgia, Human Condition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Persistence, Struggle, Time, Nostalgia, Human Condition“Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gender, Influence, Relationships, Personality, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Gender, Influence, Relationships, Personality, Observation“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Motivation, Expression, Creativity, Purpose
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Motivation, Expression, Creativity, Purpose