You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Youth, Aging, Innocence, Responsibility, Human Nature
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“Let's borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Adventure, Spontaneity, Rebellion, Life Philosophy, Risk-taking
F. Scott Fitzgerald Adventure, Spontaneity, Rebellion, Life Philosophy, Risk-taking“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“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“He looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Desire, Attraction, Gender Dynamics, Perception, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Desire, Attraction, Gender Dynamics, Perception, Human Nature“Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them – their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Idleness, Social Criticism, Human Nature, Contribution, Judgment
F. Scott Fitzgerald Idleness, Social Criticism, Human Nature, Contribution, Judgment“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“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“Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge, anything at all.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Possibility, Change, Hope, Future, Transition
F. Scott Fitzgerald Possibility, Change, Hope, Future, Transition“This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Storytelling, Imagery, Color, Nature, Perspective
F. Scott Fitzgerald Storytelling, Imagery, Color, Nature, Perspective“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hope, Ambition, Future, Perseverance, Human Spirit
F. Scott Fitzgerald Hope, Ambition, Future, Perseverance, Human Spirit“Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alcohol, Perception, Coping Mechanism, Life’s Illusions, Toast
F. Scott Fitzgerald Alcohol, Perception, Coping Mechanism, Life’s Illusions, Toast“Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendour.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ambition, Realization, Perception, Character Development, Aspiration
F. Scott Fitzgerald Ambition, Realization, Perception, Character Development, Aspiration“Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Present Moment, Temporality, Human Relationships, Dialogue
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Present Moment, Temporality, Human Relationships, Dialogue“You really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reading, Knowledge, Sarcasm, Books, Education
F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading, Knowledge, Sarcasm, Books, Education“After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Youth, Aging, Life, Perspective, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Youth, Aging, Life, Perspective, Human Nature“Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Action, Regional Differences, Pragmatism, Philosophy, American Culture
F. Scott Fitzgerald Action, Regional Differences, Pragmatism, Philosophy, American Culture“New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world. The returning troops marched up Fifth Avenue and girls were instinctively drawn East and North toward them – this was the greatest nation and there was gala in the air.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
New York, Patriotism, Post-war Euphoria, National Pride, Atmosphere
F. Scott Fitzgerald New York, Patriotism, Post-war Euphoria, National Pride, Atmosphere“No such thing as a man willing to be honest – that would be like a blind man willing to see.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Honesty, Human Nature, Cynicism, Truth, Metaphor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Honesty, Human Nature, Cynicism, Truth, Metaphor