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
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“I don't care about truth. I want some happiness.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Truth, Happiness, Priorities, Desire, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Truth, Happiness, Priorities, Desire, Human Nature“All the city was playing with this sound out there in the blue summer dark, throwing it up and calling it back, promising that, in a little while, life would be beautiful as a story, promising happiness – and by that promise giving it. It gave love hope in its own survival. It could do no more.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
City Life, Hope, Promise, Summer, Atmosphere
F. Scott Fitzgerald City Life, Hope, Promise, Summer, Atmosphere“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Creativity, Effort, Metaphor, Skill
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Creativity, Effort, Metaphor, Skill“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“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“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“I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others – young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, Empathy, Observation, Youth, Wasted Potential
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loneliness, Empathy, Observation, Youth, Wasted Potential“I am a woman and my business is to hold things together. My business is to tear them apart.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gender Roles, Contradiction, Power, Destruction, Creation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Gender Roles, Contradiction, Power, Destruction, Creation“Yale is November, crisp and energetic.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Education, Atmosphere, Season Metaphor, Energy, Perception
F. Scott Fitzgerald Education, Atmosphere, Season Metaphor, Energy, Perception“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“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Empathy, Privilege, Judgment, Wisdom, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Empathy, Privilege, Judgment, Wisdom, Human Nature“The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Death, Vitality, Description, Loss, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Death, Vitality, Description, 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“Don't forget who you are and where you come from.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Identity, Roots, Self-awareness, Advice, Heritage
F. Scott Fitzgerald Identity, Roots, Self-awareness, Advice, Heritage“He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Morality, Temptation, Afterlife, Regret, Wasted Opportunities
F. Scott Fitzgerald Morality, Temptation, Afterlife, Regret, Wasted Opportunities“Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Envy, Fortune, Human Nature, Perspective, Resentment
F. Scott Fitzgerald Envy, Fortune, Human Nature, Perspective, Resentment“At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That's a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try. There are only diamonds in the whole world, diamonds and perhaps the shabby gift of disillusion.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Temporality, Experience, Disillusionment, Metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Temporality, Experience, Disillusionment, Metaphor“A sense of responsibility would spoil her. She's too pretty.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beauty, Responsibility, Gender Stereotypes, Social Commentary, Irony
F. Scott Fitzgerald Beauty, Responsibility, Gender Stereotypes, Social Commentary, Irony