Young man Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“He thinks himself rather an exceptional young man, thoroughly sophisticated, well adjusted to his environment, and somewhat more significant than any one else he…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“In some ways, he was just like the rest of us: lonely, ambitious, a son, a father, a lover, never truly content. Where he…

— David A. Goodman

“A man is never such an egotist as at moments of spiritual ecstasy. At such times it seems to him that there is nothing…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner of our…

— Jeanette Winterson

“He is by nature led To peace so perfect that the young behold With envy, what the old man hardly feels.”

— William Wordsworth

“Everywhere he looked was a nut, and it was all a sensible young gentleman like himself could do to maintain his perspective amid so…

— Joseph Heller

“Under all his culture, his cleverness, his amenity, under his good-nature, his facility, his knowledge of life, his egotism lay hidden like a serpent…

— Henry James

“He was the type of person who was always on the periphery of one's attention, not outstanding for being handsome or intelligent or particularly…

— Azar Nafisi

“I believe he’s a brilliant man with a monstrous self-love and no soul. Put those qualities together, and there are roots planted for a…

— Iris Johansen

“I feel like I understand, then, the way he ranks things in his mind: his life, first; his comfort in a world of his…

— Veronica Roth

“He is perhaps fifteen—not truly a young man yet, but certainly well on his way—and he walks with the energy and indifference of one…

— John Burley

“I envied his inspiration, his optimism in focusing back on the painful but glorious days. They were caring days, when we knew what we…

— Bao Ninh