His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“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… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“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.” — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person. — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“He was wondering at the unreality of ideas, at the fading radiance of existence, and at the little absorptions that were creeping avidly into… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
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… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“the room had grown smothery. He wanted to be out in some cool and bitter breeze, miles above the cities, and to live serene… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I love her and that's the beginning of everything. - F. Scott Fitzgerald — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“this midnight my desire will see, shadowed among the embers, furled in flame, the splendor and the sadness of the world” — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
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… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
