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> [I love her and that's the beginning of everything. - F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/i-love-her-and-that-s-the-beginning-of-everything-f-scott-fitzgerald/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

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> [“In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him. Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/in-1913-when-anthony-patch-was-twenty-five-two-years-were-already-2/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

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## Other authors on Fitzgerald

## More by F Scott Fitzgerald

> [“I had a woman up here last week to look at my feet, and when she gave me the bill you'd of thought she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/i-had-a-woman-up-here-last-week-to-look-at-my-feet-and-when-she-gave/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“Whenever you feel like criticising any one, just remember that all of the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/whenever-you-feel-like-criticising-any-one-just-remember-that-all-of/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/writers-aren-t-exactly-people-they-re-a-whole-lot-of-people-trying-to/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“I'm paralyzed with happiness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/i-m-paralyzed-with-happiness/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [I love her and that´s the beginning of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/i-love-her-and-that-s-the-beginning-of-everything/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“He was wondering at the unreality of ideas, at the fading radiance of existence, and at the little absorptions that were creeping avidly into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/he-was-wondering-at-the-unreality-of-ideas-at-the-fading-radiance-of/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.An author…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/an-author-ought-to-write-for-the-youth-of-his-own-generation-the/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“the room had grown smothery. He wanted to be out in some cool and bitter breeze, miles above the cities, and to live serene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/the-room-had-grown-smothery-he-wanted-to-be-out-in-some-cool-and/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“Man kan inte återskapa sitt förflutna (s. 117).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/man-kan-inte-terskapa-sitt-f-rflutna-s-117/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [I love her and that's the beginning of everything. - F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/i-love-her-and-that-s-the-beginning-of-everything-f-scott-fitzgerald/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“this midnight my desire will see, shadowed among the embers, furled in flame, the splendor and the sadness of the world”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/this-midnight-my-desire-will-see-shadowed-among-the-embers-furled-in/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches or wounds; they're more like splits in the skin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/family-quarrels-are-bitter-things-they-don-t-go-by-any-rules-they-re/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [And in the end, we're all just humans, drunk on the idea that love - only love - could heal our brokenness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/and-in-the-end-we-re-all-just-humans-drunk-on-the-idea-that-love-only/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the “creative temperament”—it was an extraordinary gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/this-responsiveness-had-nothing-to-do-with-that-flabby/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

> [“The soft rush of taxis by him, and laughter, laughters hoarse as a crow's, incessant and loud, with the rumble of the subways underneath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/the-soft-rush-of-taxis-by-him-and-laughter-laughters-hoarse-as-a-crow/)

[F Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald-2/)

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