There's no beauty without poignancy and there's no poignancy without the feeling that it's going, men, names, books, houses – bound for dust – mortal.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beauty, Transience, Mortality, Appreciation, Human Condition
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“In fact, I once imagined you loved me a little bit, if you'll excuse the presumption.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Imagination, Vulnerability, Self-doubt, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Imagination, Vulnerability, Self-doubt, Relationships“The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Emptiness, Shame, Human Nature, Psychology, Defense Mechanisms
F. Scott Fitzgerald Emptiness, Shame, Human Nature, Psychology, Defense Mechanisms“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“At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Age, Perspective, Beliefs, Life Stages, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Age, Perspective, Beliefs, Life Stages, Human Nature“I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Social Life, Parties, Intimacy, Paradox, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Social Life, Parties, Intimacy, Paradox, Observation“I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Charm, Manipulation, Attraction, Perception, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Charm, Manipulation, Attraction, Perception, Human Nature“Dear, don't think of getting out of bed yet. I've always suspected that early rising in early life makes one nervous.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Relaxation, Routine, Advice, Humor, Lifestyle
F. Scott Fitzgerald Relaxation, Routine, Advice, Humor, Lifestyle“It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Health, Equality, Human Condition, Perspective, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Health, Equality, Human Condition, Perspective, Wisdom“You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wanderlust, Escape, Sadness, Human Connection, Coping Mechanism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Wanderlust, Escape, Sadness, Human Connection, Coping Mechanism“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“Better let it all alone in the depths of her heart and the depths of the sea.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Secrets, Emotions, Hidden Feelings, Metaphor, Letting Go
F. Scott Fitzgerald Secrets, Emotions, Hidden Feelings, Metaphor, Letting Go“You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Motivation, Creativity, Expression, Purpose
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Motivation, Creativity, Expression, Purpose“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“The lawn and drive had been crowded with the faces of those who guessed at his corruption – and he had stood on those steps, concealing his incorruptible dream, as he waved them good-by.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Appearances, Dreams, Corruption, Farewell, Contrast
F. Scott Fitzgerald Appearances, Dreams, Corruption, Farewell, Contrast“Wilson's glazed eyes turned out to the ashheaps, where small gray clouds took on fantastic shape and scurried here and there in the faint dawn wind.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Description, Atmosphere, Imagination, Nature, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Description, Atmosphere, Imagination, Nature, Observation“This is all. It's been very rare to have known you, very strange and wonderful. But this wouldn't do – and wouldn't last.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Relationships, Transience, Appreciation, Ending, Human Connection
F. Scott Fitzgerald Relationships, Transience, Appreciation, Ending, Human Connection“It makes me sad because I've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Materialism, Beauty, Sadness, Wealth, Desire
F. Scott Fitzgerald Materialism, Beauty, Sadness, Wealth, Desire“Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pain, Pleasure, Human Nature, Psychology, Self-denial
F. Scott Fitzgerald Pain, Pleasure, Human Nature, Psychology, Self-denial