You are mysterious, I love you. You're beautiful, intelligent, and virtuous, and that's the rarest known combination.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Admiration, Uniqueness, Virtues, Human Qualities
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Quotes On Topics
Artistic Integrity | Control | Shame | Abstinence | Work | Emotional Contrast | Temptation | Integrity | Human Condition | Youth | Dissatisfaction | Contradictory Desires | Life’s Illusions | Reversal Of Phrase | Driving Metaphor | Laziness | Effectiveness | Aspiration | Flavor Metaphor | Tenderness | More
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
“For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Poetry, Comparison, Art Appreciation, Keats, Literary Critique
F. Scott Fitzgerald Poetry, Comparison, Art Appreciation, Keats, Literary Critique“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“It is youth's felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring up the day against its own radiantly imagined future.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Youth, Future, Imagination, Present Moment, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Youth, Future, Imagination, Present Moment, Human Nature“Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nature, Progress, Human Ambition, Wonder, American Dream
F. Scott Fitzgerald Nature, Progress, Human Ambition, Wonder, American Dream“I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perspective, Change, Youth, Disillusionment, Fear
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perspective, Change, Youth, Disillusionment, Fear“The greatest profound pain is cased by, and is the result of our own illusions, fantasies and dreams.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pain, Illusions, Dreams, Self-inflicted Suffering, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Pain, Illusions, Dreams, Self-inflicted Suffering, Human Nature“Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Connection, Isolation, Intimacy, Moment, Human Interaction
F. Scott Fitzgerald Connection, Isolation, Intimacy, Moment, Human Interaction“The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reputation, Conformity, Rebellion, Social Critique, Cynicism
F. Scott Fitzgerald Reputation, Conformity, Rebellion, Social Critique, Cynicism“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
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perception, Misjudgment, Character, Strength, Human Nature“Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perspective, Focus, Life Philosophy, Simplicity, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perspective, Focus, Life Philosophy, Simplicity, Observation“To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kindness, Empathy, Listening, Wisdom, Human Connection
F. Scott Fitzgerald Kindness, Empathy, Listening, Wisdom, Human Connection“Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Death, Nature, Blessing, Poetic, Melancholy
F. Scott Fitzgerald Death, Nature, Blessing, Poetic, Melancholy“You are the loveliest thing that I have ever known.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Admiration, Beauty, Human Connection, Emotion
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Admiration, Beauty, Human Connection, Emotion“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“Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Family, Conflict, Pain, Healing, Relationships
F. Scott Fitzgerald Family, Conflict, Pain, Healing, Relationships“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“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heroism, Tragedy, Storytelling, Human Nature, Writing
F. Scott Fitzgerald Heroism, Tragedy, Storytelling, Human Nature, Writing“The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Insomnia, Frustration, Human Experience, Struggle, Mental State
F. Scott Fitzgerald Insomnia, Frustration, Human Experience, Struggle, Mental State