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
Gender Roles, Beauty, Intelligence, Social Commentary, Cynicism
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Quotes On Topics
Ignorance | Conflict | Simplification | Poverty | Priorities | Kindness | Self-doubt | Sports | Gender Bias | Inexperience | Social Anxiety | Defiance | Time Perception | Childhood | Desires | Manipulation | Technique | Integrity | Human Flaws | Loneliness | More
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
“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've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alcohol, Sobriety, Knowledge, Irony, Self-improvement
F. Scott Fitzgerald Alcohol, Sobriety, Knowledge, Irony, Self-improvement“Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they're a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writers, Identity, Creativity, Multifaceted Nature, Artistic Process
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writers, Identity, Creativity, Multifaceted Nature, Artistic Process“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 I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always thought all my life. But it happens that I want you, and so I just haven't room for any other desires.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Desire, Love, Self-awareness, Singularity Of Focus, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Desire, Love, Self-awareness, Singularity Of Focus, Human Nature“There's so much spring in the air- there's so much lazy sweetness in your heart.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Spring, Emotion, Atmosphere, Love, Contentment
F. Scott Fitzgerald Spring, Emotion, Atmosphere, Love, Contentment“It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Understanding, Self-perception, Ideal Self, Human Connection, Empathy
F. Scott Fitzgerald Understanding, Self-perception, Ideal Self, Human Connection, Empathy“The loneliest moment in someone's life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, Helplessness, Despair, Observation, Human Condition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loneliness, Helplessness, Despair, Observation, Human Condition“Again at eight o'clock, when the dark lanes of the Forties were five deep with throbbing taxicabs, bound for the theater district, I felt a sinking in my heart. Forms leaned together in the taxis as they waited, and voices sang, and there was laughter from unheard jokes, and lighted cigarettes outlined unintelligible gestures inside. Imagining that I, too, was hurrying toward gayety and sharing their intimate excitement, I wished them well.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, City Life, Social Isolation, Observation, Empathy
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loneliness, City Life, Social Isolation, Observation, Empathy“That's the whole burden of this novel – the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world that you don't care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Illusion, Disillusionment, Truth, Beauty, Perception
F. Scott Fitzgerald Illusion, Disillusionment, Truth, Beauty, Perception“I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Restlessness, Fear Of Stagnation, Adventure, Love, Domesticity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Restlessness, Fear Of Stagnation, Adventure, Love, Domesticity“Optimism is the content of small men in high places.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Optimism, Criticism, Power, Perspective, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Optimism, Criticism, Power, Perspective, Human Nature“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“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
F. Scott Fitzgerald Nature, Imagery, Beauty, Night, Poetic Description“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“Character is plot, plot is character.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Storytelling, Character Development, Literary Theory, Creativity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Storytelling, Character Development, Literary Theory, Creativity“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“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