--- title: "8 Five years Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald" description: "8 Five years quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Plus more from F. Scott Fitzgerald and more Five years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_angry_you-said-a-bad-driver-was-only-safe-unti_213460.jpg" --- > [You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/you-said-a-bad-driver-was-only-safe-until-she-met-another-bad-driver/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_angry_you-said-a-bad-driver-was-only-safe-unti_213460.jpg) > [“One autumn night, five years before, they had been walking down the street when the leaves were falling, and they came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/one-autumn-night-five-years-before-they-had-been-walking-down-the/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_autumn_one-autumn-night-five-years-before-they_948689.jpg) > [“As I went over to say good-by I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby's face, as though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/as-i-went-over-to-say-good-by-i-saw-that-the-expression-of/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_five-years_as-i-went-over-to-say-good-by-i-saw-that_1099979.jpg) > [We haven’t met for many years, said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact as it could ever be. "Five years next November." The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/we-haven-t-met-for-many-years-said-daisy-her-voice-as-matter-of-fact/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_daisies_we-haven-t-met-for-many-years-said-daisy_1748306.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) > [“There are certain things which are human nature," he asserted with an owl-like look, "which always have been and always will be,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/there-are-certain-things-which-are-human-nature-he-asserted-with-an/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_five-years_there-are-certain-things-which-are-human_2898500.jpg) > [I’m thirty,” I said. “I’m five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-m-thirty-i-said-i-m-five-years-too-old-to-lie-to-myself-and-call-it/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_five-years_i-m-thirty-i-said-i-m-five-years-too-old_2982417.jpg) > [“One autumn night, five years before, they had been walking down the street when the leaves were falling, and they came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/one-autumn-night-five-years-before-they-had-been-walking-down-the-2/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_autumn_one-autumn-night-five-years-before-they_3053181.jpg) ## Other authors on Five years ## 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/five-years/f-scott-fitzgerald/#itemlist", "name": "8 Five years Quotes By F. 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