--- title: "13 Afternoon Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald" description: "13 Afternoon quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Plus more from F. Scott Fitzgerald and more Afternoon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_i-love-new-york-on-summer-afternoons-whe_1552459.jpg" --- > [I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-love-new-york-on-summer-afternoons-when-everyone-s-away-there-s/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_i-love-new-york-on-summer-afternoons-whe_1552459.jpg) > [The afternoon had made them tranquil for a while, as if to give them a deep memory for the long parting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-afternoon-had-made-them-tranquil-for-a-while-as-if-to-give-them-a/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_the-afternoon-had-made-them-tranquil-for_261125.jpg) > [What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/what-ll-we-do-with-ourselves-this-afternoon-and-the-day-after-that/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_what-ll-we-do-with-ourselves-this-aftern_43178.jpg) > [He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths - so that he could 'come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/he-had-waited-five-years-and-bought-a-mansion-where-he-dispensed/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_he-had-waited-five-years-and-bought-a-ma_2109616.jpg) > [“What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?” cried Daisy, “and the day after that, and the next thirty years?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/what-ll-we-do-with-ourselves-this-afternoon-cried-daisy-and-the-day-2/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_thirty-years_what-ll-we-do-with-ourselves-this-aftern_980419.jpg) > [Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/later-she-remembered-all-the-hours-of-the-afternoon-as-happy-one-of/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_later-she-remembered-all-the-hours-of-th_2684728.jpg) > [Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/amory-took-to-writing-poetry-on-spring-afternoons-in-the-gardens-of/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_amory-took-to-writing-poetry-on-spring-a_1373210.jpg) > [Long afterward Amory thought of sophomore spring as the happiest time of his life. His ideas were in tune with life as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/long-afterward-amory-thought-of-sophomore-spring-as-the-happiest-time/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_long-afterward-amory-thought-of-sophomor_550698.jpg) > [And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/and-lastly-from-that-period-i-remember-riding-in-a-taxi-one-afternoon/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_and-lastly-from-that-period-i-remember-r_1115238.jpg) > [But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/but-with-every-word-she-was-drawing-further-and-further-into-herself/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_but-with-every-word-she-was-drawing-furt_1091602.jpg) > [What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon,' cried Daisy, 'and the day after that, and the next thirty years?' 'Don't be morbid,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/what-ll-we-do-with-ourselves-this-afternoon-cried-daisy-and-the-day-3/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_what-ll-we-do-with-ourselves-this-aftern_2787919.jpg) > [When Vanity kissed Vanity, a hundred happy Junes ago, he pondered o'er her breathlessly, and, that all men might ever know, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/when-vanity-kissed-vanity-a-hundred-happy-junes-ago-he-pondered-o-er/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_when-vanity-kissed-vanity-a-hundred-happ_1917232.jpg) > [There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/there-must-have-been-moments-even-that-afternoon-when-daisy-tumbled/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_afternoon_there-must-have-been-moments-even-that-a_1149605.jpg) ## Other authors on Afternoon ## More by F. Scott Fitzgerald > [“His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/his-dream-must-have-seemed-so-close-that-he-could-hardly-fail-to/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“There was a ripe mystery about it, a hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful and cool than other bedrooms, of gay and radiant activities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/there-was-a-ripe-mystery-about-it-a-hint-of-bedrooms-upstairs-more/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [I want you to take a red-hot bath as hot as you can bear it, and just relax your nerves. You can read in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-want-you-to-take-a-red-hot-bath-as-hot-as-you-can-bear-it-and-just/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [Tireless passion, fierce jealousy, longing to possess and crush-these alone were left of all his love for Rosalind; these remained to him as payment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/tireless-passion-fierce-jealousy-longing-to-possess-and-crush-these/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [I found something! Courage--just that; courage as a rule of life and something to cling to always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-found-something-courage-just-that-courage-as-a-rule-of-life-and/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“Life is a series of successful gestures...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/life-is-a-series-of-successful-gestures/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“Another dawn flung itself across the river; a belated taxi hurried along the street, its lamps still shining like burning eyes in a face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/another-dawn-flung-itself-across-the-river-a-belated-taxi-hurried/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“She plucked a twig and broke it, but she found no spring in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/she-plucked-a-twig-and-broke-it-but-she-found-no-spring-in-it/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“I'm one of those people who go through the world giving other people thrills but getting few myself except those I read into men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-m-one-of-those-people-who-go-through-the-world-giving-other-people/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [The Montana sunset lay between the mountains like a giant bruise from which darkened arteries spread across a poisoned sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-montana-sunset-lay-between-the-mountains-like-a-giant-bruise-from/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“You loved me too?" he repeated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/you-loved-me-too-he-repeated/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“He was good looking, "sort of distinguished when he wants to be", had a line, and was properly inconstant. In fact, he summed up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/he-was-good-looking-sort-of-distinguished-when-he-wants-to-be-had-a/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [What are you going to do? "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/what-are-you-going-to-do-can-t-say-run-for-president-write-greenwich/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“The latter was considered a good fellow and a fine leader, until a year later, when he disappeared with a mess fund of eleven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-latter-was-considered-a-good-fellow-and-a-fine-leader-until-a/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) > [“It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/it-eluded-us-then-but-that-s-no-matter-tomorrow-we-will-run-faster/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afternoon/f-scott-fitzgerald/#itemlist", "name": "13 Afternoon Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "F. 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