At fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Youth, Aging, Beauty, Melancholy, Life Stages
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“It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mystery, Gossip, Intrigue, Reputation, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Mystery, Gossip, Intrigue, Reputation, Human Nature“Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Personality, Success, Behavior, Human Nature, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Personality, Success, Behavior, Human Nature, Observation“Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Creativity, Quality, Inspiration, Literary Criticism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Creativity, Quality, Inspiration, Literary Criticism“Wine gave a sort of gallantry to their own failure.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alcohol, Failure, Coping, Perception, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Alcohol, Failure, Coping, Perception, Human Nature“It's Never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Self-improvement, Identity, Change, Motivation, Personal Growth
F. Scott Fitzgerald Self-improvement, Identity, Change, Motivation, Personal Growth“At the enchanted metropolitan twilight I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others – poor young clerks who loitered in front of windows waiting until it was time for a solitary restaurant dinner – young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, Urban Life, Observation, Empathy, Human Condition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loneliness, Urban Life, Observation, Empathy, Human Condition“God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Morality, Omniscience, Deception, Religion, Guilt
F. Scott Fitzgerald Morality, Omniscience, Deception, Religion, Guilt“Never walk near the bed; to a ghost your ankle is your most vulnerable part-once in bed, you're safe; he may lie around under the bed all night, but you're safe as daylight. If you still have doubts pull the blanket over your head.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Superstition, Fear, Safety, Childhood, Humor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Superstition, Fear, Safety, Childhood, Humor“They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Performance, Relationships, Observation, Human Nature, Intimacy
F. Scott Fitzgerald Performance, Relationships, Observation, Human Nature, Intimacy“She wanted what most women want, but she wanted it much more fiercely and passionately.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Desire, Gender, Intensity, Human Nature, Ambition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Desire, Gender, Intensity, Human Nature, Ambition“They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale – and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Relationships, Intimacy, Observation, Ambiguity, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Relationships, Intimacy, Observation, Ambiguity, Human Nature“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“I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perspective, Change, Youth, Disillusionment, Fear
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perspective, Change, Youth, Disillusionment, Fear“We must leave this terrifying place to-morrow and go searching for sunshine.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Escape, Hope, Change, Optimism, Pursuit Of Happiness
F. Scott Fitzgerald Escape, Hope, Change, Optimism, Pursuit Of Happiness“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“He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Knowledge, Fragility, Books, Metaphor, Interconnectedness
F. Scott Fitzgerald Knowledge, Fragility, Books, Metaphor, Interconnectedness“Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anticipation, Disappointment, Time, Human Nature, Life’s Ironies
F. Scott Fitzgerald Anticipation, Disappointment, Time, Human Nature, Life’s Ironies“I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all – Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Regional Identity, Adaptation, Cultural Differences, Self-reflection, American Culture
F. Scott Fitzgerald Regional Identity, Adaptation, Cultural Differences, Self-reflection, American Culture“How strange to have failed as a social creature – even criminals do not fail that way – they are the law's "Loyal Opposition," so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Insanity, Social Isolation, Human Condition, Mental Health, Alienation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Insanity, Social Isolation, Human Condition, Mental Health, Alienation