Psychology Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

40 Psychology quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Fitzgerald’s lyrical style brings a wistful elegance to the study of thought and feeling. Each line glimmers with the same bittersweet charm that defines his novels, offering a nuanced look at the hidden currents beneath our actions.

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There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind…

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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

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“Do you mind if I pull down the curtain?”

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he wanted people to like his mind again-after awhile it might be such a nice place in which to live.

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To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks…

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He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never…

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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still…

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“I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with…

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The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior…

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“Then Rosalind began popping into his mind again, and he found his lips forming her name over and over.”

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In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever…

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“You are bound to go up and down, just as I did in my youth, but do keep your clarity of mind,…

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The mind of a little child is fascinating, for it looks on old things with new eyes-but at about twelve this changes.…

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Intermittently she caught the gist of his sentences and supplied the rest from her subconscious, as one picks up the striking of…

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“he could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down…

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i'm in a muddle about a lot of things -- i've just discovered that i've a mind, and i'm starting to read"…

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“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and…

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“My mind, brightened by the lights and the cheerful tumult, suddenly grasped the fact that all achievement was a placing of emphasis--…

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“judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few…

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His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this…

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“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever…

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I'm inclined to reserve all judgement, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim…

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The years between thirty-five and sixty-five revolve before the passive mind as one unexplained, confusing merry-go-round. True, they are a merry-go-round of…

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I simply state that I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation-with every reason to throw my mind and…

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“Out of the deep sophistication of Anthony an understanding formed, nothing atavistic or obscure, indeed scarcely physical at all, an understanding remembered…

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“Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of a first-rate intelligence is the…

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...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and…

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“Once upon a time all the men of mind and genius in the world became of one belief—that is to say, of…

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“I just think of people," she continued, "whether they seem right where they are and fit into the picture. I don't mind…

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“In consequence I'm inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made…

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“The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person.”

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Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous…

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“Man in his hunger for faith will feed his mind with the nearest and most convenient food.”

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I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow.…

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There's a right way of doing things and a wrong way. If you've made up your mind to be different from everybody…

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“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever…

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I hate dainty minds,' answered Marjorie. 'But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars…

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“I reached maturity under the impression that I was gathering the experience to order my life for happiness. Indeed, I accomplished the…

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“mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came…

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“inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim…

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“His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.”

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“There was a ripe mystery about it, a hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful and cool than other bedrooms, of gay and radiant activities…

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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…

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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…

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I found something! Courage--just that; courage as a rule of life and something to cling to always.

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“Life is a series of successful gestures...”

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“Another dawn flung itself across the river; a belated taxi hurried along the street, its lamps still shining like burning eyes in a face…

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“She plucked a twig and broke it, but she found no spring in it.”

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“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…

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The Montana sunset lay between the mountains like a giant bruise from which darkened arteries spread across a poisoned sky.

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“You loved me too?" he repeated.”

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“He was good looking, "sort of distinguished when he wants to be", had a line, and was properly inconstant. In fact, he summed up…

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What are you going to do? "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write -…

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“The latter was considered a good fellow and a fine leader, until a year later, when he disappeared with a mess fund of eleven…

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“It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine…

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