--- title: "21 Fitzgerald Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald" description: "21 Fitzgerald quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Plus more from F. Scott Fitzgerald and more Fitzgerald sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_beauty_my-hair-bob-it-3186497_3186497.jpg" --- > [“My hair-- bob it!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/my-hair-bob-it/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_beauty_my-hair-bob-it-3186497_3186497.jpg) > [“Go on, she urged. Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/go-on-she-urged-lie-to-me-by-the-moonlight-do-a-fabulous-story/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_books_go-on-she-urged-lie-to-me-by-the-moonlig_710055.jpg) > [“Believe me, I may be a bit blasé, but I can still get any man I want.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/believe-me-i-may-be-a-bit-blas-but-i-can-still-get-any-man-i-want/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_20s_believe-me-i-may-be-a-bit-blas-but-i-can_3013062.jpg) > [“The price for his intactness was incompleteness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-price-for-his-intactness-was-incompleteness/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_fitzgerald_the-price-for-his-intactness-was-incompl_2214861.jpg) > [“You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/you-re-worth-the-whole-damn-bunch-put-together/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_fitzgerald_you-re-worth-the-whole-damn-bunch-put-to_1783528.jpg) > [“Writers aren't exactly people, they are a whole bunch of people trying to be one person.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/writers-aren-t-exactly-people-they-are-a-whole-bunch-of-people-trying/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_f_writers-aren-t-exactly-people-they-are-a_1719887.jpg) > [“Man in his hunger for faith will feed his mind with the nearest and most convenient food.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/man-in-his-hunger-for-faith-will-feed-his-mind-with-the-nearest-and/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_amory_man-in-his-hunger-for-faith-will-feed-hi_1186617.jpg) > [“He cared only about people; he was scarcely conscious of places except for their weather, until they had been invested with color…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/he-cared-only-about-people-he-was-scarcely-conscious-of-places-except/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_cared_he-cared-only-about-people-he-was-scarce_2391886.jpg) > [“no girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/no-girl-can-permanently-bolster-up-a-lame-duck-visitor-because-these/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_beyonce_no-girl-can-permanently-bolster-up-a-lam_84637.jpg) > [“I could never be a Communist. I could never be regimented. I could never be told what to write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-could-never-be-a-communist-i-could-never-be-regimented-i-could/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_anticommunism_i-could-never-be-a-communist-i-could-nev_2892216.jpg) > [“I want you to lie to me just as sweetly as you know how for the rest of my life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-want-you-to-lie-to-me-just-as-sweetly-as-you-know-how-for-the-rest/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_20s_i-want-you-to-lie-to-me-just-as-sweetly_338565.jpg) > [“He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want -- not to be admired, as he had feared;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/he-found-something-that-he-wanted-had-always-wanted-and-always-would/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_admire_he-found-something-that-he-wanted-had-al_2759158.jpg) > [“I live in a house over there on the Island, and in that house there is a man waiting for me. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-live-in-a-house-over-there-on-the-island-and-in-that-house-there-is/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_america_i-live-in-a-house-over-there-on-the-isla_513604.jpg) > [“Afterwards, he just sat, happy to live in the past. The drink made past happy things contemporary with the present, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/afterwards-he-just-sat-happy-to-live-in-the-past-the-drink-made-past/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_fitzgerald_afterwards-he-just-sat-happy-to-live-in_2743226.jpg) > [“There’s a loneliness that only exists in one’s mind. The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/there-s-a-loneliness-that-only-exists-in-one-s-mind-the-loneliest-2/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_f_there-s-a-loneliness-that-only-exists-in_3034339.jpg) > [“Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/understand-now-i-m-purely-a-fiction-writer-and-do-not-profess-to-be/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_alcohol_understand-now-i-m-purely-a-fiction-writ_2031506.jpg) > [“If I hurt your feelings we ought to discuss it. I don't like this kiss-and-forget.' 'But I don't want to argue. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/if-i-hurt-your-feelings-we-ought-to-discuss-it-i-don-t-like-this-kiss/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_argue_if-i-hurt-your-feelings-we-ought-to-disc_1425745.jpg) > [“This general eclipse of ambition and determination and fortitude, all of the very qualities on which I have prided myself, is ridiculous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/this-general-eclipse-of-ambition-and-determination-and-fortitude-all/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_ambition_this-general-eclipse-of-ambition-and-det_2096169.jpg) > [“My courage is faith--faith in the eternal resilience of me--that joy'll come back, and hope and spontaneity. And I feel that till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/my-courage-is-faith-faith-in-the-eternal-resilience-of-me-that-joy-ll/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_courage_my-courage-is-faith-faith-in-the-eternal_2187338.jpg) > [“The grass is full of ghosts tonight.' 'The whole campus is alive with them.' They paused by Little and watched the moon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-grass-is-full-of-ghosts-tonight-the-whole-campus-is-alive-with/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ba/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_campus_the-grass-is-full-of-ghosts-tonight-the_367653.jpg) > [“A writer must find his own grain, way, bent. ...He aspires to create new and original works. His way is alone. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/a-writer-must-find-his-own-grain-way-bent-he-aspires-to-create-new/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_artist_a-writer-must-find-his-own-grain-way-ben_1255338.jpg) ## 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/fitzgerald/f-scott-fitzgerald/#itemlist", "name": "21 Fitzgerald Quotes By F. 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