F. Scott Fitzgerald

Quotes

• “I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even...”
• “For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if yo...”
• “That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lo...”
• “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the ...”
• “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages ...”
• “The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays you...”
• “I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.”
• “After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.”
• “It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.”
• “A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.”
• “Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
• “An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.”
• “Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.”
• “Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”
• “The victor belongs to the spoils.”