--- title: "7 Normal person Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald" description: "7 Normal person quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Plus more from F. Scott Fitzgerald and more Normal person sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_confidence_mind-is-quick-to-detect-and-attach-itsel_632971.jpg" --- > [“mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/mind-is-quick-to-detect-and-attach-itself-to-this-quality-when-it/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_confidence_mind-is-quick-to-detect-and-attach-itsel_632971.jpg) > [I'm inclined to reserve all judgement, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/i-m-inclined-to-reserve-all-judgement-a-habit-that-has-opened-up-many/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_abnormal_i-m-inclined-to-reserve-all-judgement-a_740438.jpg) > [“The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/the-abnormal-mind-is-quick-to-detect-and-attach-itself-to-this/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_normal-person_the-abnormal-mind-is-quick-to-detect-and_1474469.jpg) > [“inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/inclined-to-reserve-all-judgments-a-habit-that-has-opened-up-many/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_habits_inclined-to-reserve-all-judgments-a-habi_2353851.jpg) > [“judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/judgments-a-habit-that-has-opened-up-many-curious-natures-to-me-and/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_habit_judgments-a-habit-that-has-opened-up-man_2592814.jpg) > [“communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence I’m inclined to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/communicative-in-a-reserved-way-and-i-understood-that-he-meant-a/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_confidence_communicative-in-a-reserved-way-and-i-un_2660604.jpg) > [“In consequence I'm inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/in-consequence-i-m-inclined-to-reserve-all-judgements-a-habit-that/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_confidence_in-consequence-i-m-inclined-to-reserve-a_2784472.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/normal-person/f-scott-fitzgerald/#itemlist", "name": "7 Normal person Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. 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