When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beauty, Disappointment, Depth, Superficiality, Perception
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More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams – not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Illusion, Dreams, Reality, Disappointment, Idealization
F. Scott Fitzgerald Illusion, Dreams, Reality, Disappointment, Idealization“Happiness is the relief after extreme tension.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Happiness, Relief, Emotional Contrast, Human Experience, Psychology
F. Scott Fitzgerald Happiness, Relief, Emotional Contrast, Human Experience, Psychology“I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Social Commentary, Infidelity, Cynicism, Class, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Social Commentary, Infidelity, Cynicism, Class, Relationships“His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Consciousness, Escape, Human Condition, Philosophy, Desire
F. Scott Fitzgerald Consciousness, Escape, Human Condition, Philosophy, Desire“Kiss me a paragraph and I'll reply with a novel.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Communication, Writing, Romance, Metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Communication, Writing, Romance, Metaphor“It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perspective, Change, Adaptation, Disillusionment, Growth
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perspective, Change, Adaptation, Disillusionment, Growth“As the still ocean paths before the shark in starred and glittering waterways, beauty-high, the moon-swathed trees divided, pair on pair, while flapping nightbirds cried across the air.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nature, Imagery, Beauty, Night, Poetic Description
F. Scott Fitzgerald Nature, Imagery, Beauty, Night, Poetic Description“Long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loss, Emptiness, Change, Emotion, Despair
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loss, Emptiness, Change, Emotion, Despair“All the bright precious things fade so fast.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Transience, Beauty, Time, Melancholy, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Transience, Beauty, Time, Melancholy, Observation“Learn young about hard work and manners – and you'll be through the whole dirty mess and nicely dead again before you know it.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Life Advice, Work Ethic, Manners, Cynicism, Mortality
F. Scott Fitzgerald Life Advice, Work Ethic, Manners, Cynicism, Mortality“I don't want just words. If that's all you have for me, you'd better go.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Communication, Substance, Relationships, Expectations, Disappointment
F. Scott Fitzgerald Communication, Substance, Relationships, Expectations, Disappointment“Begin with an individual, and before you know it you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find you have created – nothing.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Individuality, Stereotypes, Creativity, Writing, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Individuality, Stereotypes, Creativity, Writing, Observation“Life is progressive, no matter what our intentions.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Change, Progress, Inevitability, Human Nature, Intentions
F. Scott Fitzgerald Change, Progress, Inevitability, Human Nature, Intentions“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Persistence, Struggle, Time, Nostalgia, Human Condition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Persistence, Struggle, Time, Nostalgia, Human Condition“You see I think everything's terrible anyhow. Everybody thinks so – the most advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. Sophisticated – God, I'm sophisticated!” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cynicism, World-weariness, Sophistication, Experience, Disillusionment
F. Scott Fitzgerald Cynicism, World-weariness, Sophistication, Experience, Disillusionment“What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ambition, Storytelling, Relationships, Imagination, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Ambition, Storytelling, Relationships, Imagination, Human Nature“I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Forgiveness, Understanding, Perspective, Morality, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Forgiveness, Understanding, Perspective, Morality, Human Nature