So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pain, Strength, Happiness, Human Experience, Emotional Depth
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“There is a moment – Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word – something that makes it worth while.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Anticipation, Intimacy, Human Connection, Beauty Of Life
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Anticipation, Intimacy, Human Connection, Beauty Of Life“Marriage was created not to be a background but to need one. Mine is going to be outstanding. It can't, shan't be the setting – it's going to be the performance, the lively, lovely, glamorous performance, and the world shall be the scenery.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Marriage, Ambition, Performance, Life Goals, Individuality
F. Scott Fitzgerald Marriage, Ambition, Performance, Life Goals, Individuality“Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Trouble, Discouragement, Resilience, Perspective, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Trouble, Discouragement, Resilience, Perspective, Human Nature“If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dreams, Loss, Consequences, Disillusionment, Regret
F. Scott Fitzgerald Dreams, Loss, Consequences, Disillusionment, Regret“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“Once we were one person, and always it will be a little that way.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Connection, Unity, Relationships, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Connection, Unity, Relationships, Human Nature“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“When a girl feels that she's perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That's charm.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Appearance, Confidence, Charm, Self-perception, Femininity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Appearance, Confidence, Charm, Self-perception, Femininity“Lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Happiness, Realization, Transience, Emotional Peak, Memory
F. Scott Fitzgerald Happiness, Realization, Transience, Emotional Peak, Memory“If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Personality, Sensitivity, Life, Metaphor, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Personality, Sensitivity, Life, Metaphor, Observation“From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Architecture, Progress, Mystery, City, Symbolism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Architecture, Progress, Mystery, City, Symbolism“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 want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe – and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Laziness, Comfort, Social Dynamics, Human Nature, Contradictory Desires
F. Scott Fitzgerald Laziness, Comfort, Social Dynamics, Human Nature, Contradictory Desires“They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wealth, Aimlessness, Privilege, Travel, Social Class
F. Scott Fitzgerald Wealth, Aimlessness, Privilege, Travel, Social Class“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“It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Insomnia, Individuality, Hopes, Human Nature, Sleep
F. Scott Fitzgerald Insomnia, Individuality, Hopes, Human Nature, Sleep“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Resilience, Perspective, Failure, Hope, Perseverance
F. Scott Fitzgerald Resilience, Perspective, Failure, Hope, Perseverance“For what it's worth. it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you've never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you're not, I hope you have the courage to start over again.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Inspiration, Life Advice, Change, Self-improvement, Courage
F. Scott Fitzgerald Inspiration, Life Advice, Change, Self-improvement, Courage