If you are strong enough, there are no precedents.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Strength, Originality, Determination, Human Potential, Innovation
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“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“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“Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am to-night.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Identity, Change, Memory, Self-perception, Time
F. Scott Fitzgerald Identity, Change, Memory, Self-perception, Time“So there was not an "I" anymore-not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect-save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Identity, Self-respect, Work Ethic, Loss, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Identity, Self-respect, Work Ethic, Loss, 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“She was overstrained with grief and loneliness: almost any shoulder would have done as well.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Grief, Loneliness, Human Connection, Vulnerability, Desperation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Grief, Loneliness, Human Connection, Vulnerability, Desperation“I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, Darkness, Discomfort, Solitude, Atmosphere
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loneliness, Darkness, Discomfort, Solitude, Atmosphere“Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jazz Age, Youth, Aging, Societal Change, Nostalgia
F. Scott Fitzgerald Jazz Age, Youth, Aging, Societal Change, Nostalgia“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perception, Reality, Perspective, Personal Power, Worldview
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perception, Reality, Perspective, Personal Power, Worldview“Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money. The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
City, Perception, Beauty, Promise, Description
F. Scott Fitzgerald City, Perception, Beauty, Promise, Description“By the next autumn she was gay again, gay as ever.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Resilience, Change, Emotions, Seasons, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Resilience, Change, Emotions, Seasons, Human Nature“Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Speech, Uniqueness, Communication, Metaphor, Transience
F. Scott Fitzgerald Speech, Uniqueness, Communication, Metaphor, Transience“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Resilience, Perseverance, Adaptability, Vitality, New Beginnings
F. Scott Fitzgerald Resilience, Perseverance, Adaptability, Vitality, New Beginnings“No such thing as a man willing to be honest – that would be like a blind man willing to see.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Honesty, Human Nature, Cynicism, Truth, Metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Honesty, Human Nature, Cynicism, Truth, Metaphor“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“America is a willingness of the heart.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Patriotism, National Identity, Emotion, Idealism, American Culture
F. Scott Fitzgerald Patriotism, National Identity, Emotion, Idealism, American Culture“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“Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Self-discovery, Creativity, Introspection, Artistic Process
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Self-discovery, Creativity, Introspection, Artistic Process