Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Attraction, Sadness, Self-reflection, Mind, Love
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“You can stroke people with words.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Words, Influence, Communication, Human Nature, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Words, Influence, Communication, Human Nature, Relationships“It isn't given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. They will not be cured by our most efficacious drugs or slain with our sharpest swords.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Human Connection, Timing, Vulnerability, Healing, Opportunity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Human Connection, Timing, Vulnerability, Healing, Opportunity“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Advice, Youth, Vulnerability, Reflection, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Advice, Youth, Vulnerability, Reflection, Wisdom“You're the only girl I've seen for a long time that actually did look like something blooming.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beauty, Attraction, Nature Metaphor, Perception, Compliment
F. Scott Fitzgerald Beauty, Attraction, Nature Metaphor, Perception, Compliment“Their lips brushed like young wild flowers in the wind.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Intimacy, Nature Metaphor, Gentleness, Beauty
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Intimacy, Nature Metaphor, Gentleness, Beauty“Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wealth, Youth, Class Divide, Materialism, Social Critique
F. Scott Fitzgerald Wealth, Youth, Class Divide, Materialism, Social Critique“I'll drink your champagne. I'll drink every drop of it, I don't care if it kills me.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Defiance, Recklessness, Alcohol, Self-destruction, Passion
F. Scott Fitzgerald Defiance, Recklessness, Alcohol, Self-destruction, Passion“A writer wastes nothing.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writing, Creativity, Resourcefulness, Experience, Craft
F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing, Creativity, Resourcefulness, Experience, Craft“To most women art is a form of scandal.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Art, Gender, Perception, Scandal, Social Commentary
F. Scott Fitzgerald Art, Gender, Perception, Scandal, Social Commentary“The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens – finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Description, Nature, Imagery, Wealth, Extravagance
F. Scott Fitzgerald Description, Nature, Imagery, Wealth, Extravagance“You can love more than just one person, can't you?” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Polyamory, Human Nature, Relationships, Questioning
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Polyamory, Human Nature, Relationships, Questioning“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“Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Selfishness, Love, Human Nature, Contradiction, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Selfishness, Love, Human Nature, Contradiction, Relationships“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“Human sympathy has its limits.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Empathy, Human Nature, Limitations, Social Interaction, Emotional Capacity
F. Scott Fitzgerald Empathy, Human Nature, Limitations, Social Interaction, Emotional Capacity“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“Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perspective, Nostalgia, Glamour, Change, Memory
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perspective, Nostalgia, Glamour, Change, Memory