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I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.

I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
People, Criticism, Charming
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “The Great Gatsby”, p.9, Atlântico Press

Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beautiful, Height, Failing
"The Beautiful And Damned".

Better let it all alone in the depths of her heart and the depths of the sea.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart, Sea, Depth
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.1787, e-artnow

Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Illusion, Grew Up, Grew
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Beautiful and Damned”, p.126, Pelekanos Books

For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened - then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Children, Regret, Sunshine
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “The Great Gatsby”, p.14, Atlântico Press

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Literature, Quitting, Whistling
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.3286, e-artnow

The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Paris, America, City Lights

I know myself," he cried, "but that is all-

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Disillusion, Cried, Knows
This Side of Paradise ch. 5 (1920)

Those days are over. I have to be won all over again every time you see me.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). “This Side of Paradise”, p.142, Xist Publishing

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Flower, Bud, Guarantees
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.390, e-artnow

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Literature, Virtue, Great Gatsby Book
The Great Gatsby ch. 3 (1925)

Feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Remember, Great Gatsby Love, Great Father
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Book House (2016). “F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Complete Novels (Book House)”, p.383, Book House

he wanted people to like his mind again-after awhile it might be such a nice place in which to live.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nice, People, Mind
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.254, e-artnow

There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tragedy

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, Live In The Present, Measuring Up
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli (1995). “The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A New Collection”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

Who would not be pleased at carrying lamps helpfully through the darkness?

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Darkness, Lamps
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.335, e-artnow

Many nights he lay there dreaming awake of secret cafés in Mont Marte, where ivory women delved in romantic mysteries with diplomats and soldiers of fortune, while orchestras played Hungarian waltzes and the air was thick and exotic with intrigue and moonlight and adventure.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dream, Adventure, Night

It was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry with him the egos of certain people, early met and early loved, and to be only as complete as they were complete themselves. There was some element of loneliness involved--so easy to be loved--so hard to love.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, People, Ego
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.501, e-artnow

"What are you going to do?" "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink."

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Running, Writing, Heaven
"This Side of Paradise". Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920.

Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Laughter, Cheerful, Minutes
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). “(The Great Gatsby)”, p.27, F. Scott Fitzgerald

He lifted his arms to the crystaline, radiant sky. "I know myself," he cried, "but that is all.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sky, Arms, Cried

You are mine-you know you're mine!" he cried wildly...the moonlight twisted in through the vines and listened...the fireflies hung upon their whispers as if to win his glance from the glory of their eyes.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Eye, Firefly, Winning
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.271, e-artnow

The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Struggle, Writing, Overwhelming Urge
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.2993, e-artnow

but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Football, Games, Forever
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2003). “The Great Gatsby”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

The extraordinary thing is not that people in a lifetime turn out worse or better than we had prophesied; particularly in America that is to be expected. The extraordinary thing is how people keep their levels, fulfill their promises, seem actually buoyed up by an inevitable destiny.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Destiny, America, People
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.1536, e-artnow

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