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Other Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- I was haunted always by my other life-my drab room in the Bronx, my square foot of the subway, my fixation upon the day's letter…
- She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle…
- Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
- The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've…
- For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
- I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless…
- Ah," she cried, "you look so cool." Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced…
- Strange children should smile at each other and say, "Let's play.
- the cracked plate has to be retained in the pantry, has to be kept in service as a household necessity. It can never be warmed…
- They were still in the happier stage of love. They were full of brave illusions about each other, tremendous illusions, so that the communion of…
- They talked aimlessly back and forth, each speaking for the other.
- The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alivewith chatter and laughter, and casual…
- She saw him the first day on board, and then her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted…
- How I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always thought all my life. But it happens that I…
- You're a rotten driver,' I protested. 'Either you ought to be more careful or you oughtn't to drive at all.' 'I am careful.' 'No, you're…
- People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away.
- Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs…
- They were still in the happier stages of love. They were full of brave illusions about each other, tremendous illusions, so that the communion of…
- They were smiling at each other as if this was the beginning of the world.
- They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or…
- Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money…
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- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
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- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
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