--- title: "7 Last time Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald" description: "7 Last time quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Plus more from F. Scott Fitzgerald and more Last time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_face-to-face_most-of-the-big-shore-places-were-closed_91853.jpg" --- > [“Most of the big shore places were closed now. And there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/most-of-the-big-shore-places-were-closed-now-and-there-were-hardly/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_face-to-face_most-of-the-big-shore-places-were-closed_91853.jpg) > [“Eleanor was, say, the last time that evil crept close to Amory under the mask of beauty, the last weird mystery that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/eleanor-was-say-the-last-time-that-evil-crept-close-to-amory-under/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_beauty_eleanor-was-say-the-last-time-that-evil_156769.jpg) > [“For years afterward when Amory thought of Eleanor he seemed still to hear the wind sobbing around him and sending little chills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/for-years-afterward-when-amory-thought-of-eleanor-he-seemed-still-to/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_last-time_for-years-afterward-when-amory-thought-o_965777.jpg) > [“Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/most-of-the-big-shore-places-were-closed-now-and-there-were-hardly-2/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_face-to-face_most-of-the-big-shore-places-were-closed_1656154.jpg) > [“And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/and-as-the-moon-rose-higher-the-inessential-houses-began-to-melt-away/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_face-to-face_and-as-the-moon-rose-higher-the-inessent_1899685.jpg) > [“Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/its-vanished-trees-the-trees-that-had-made-way-for-gatsby-s-house-had/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_dreams_its-vanished-trees-the-trees-that-had-ma_1990129.jpg) > [For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/for-a-transitory-enchanted-moment-man-must-have-held-his-breath-in/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_aesthetic_for-a-transitory-enchanted-moment-man-mu_2824817.jpg) ## Other authors on Last time ## 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/last-time/f-scott-fitzgerald/#itemlist", "name": "7 Last time Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Most of the big shore places were closed now. And there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of the ferryboat across the sound. 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