Carelessness Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“People who are careless of the land and of the creatures and spirits with which we share it are careless of themselves.”

— Alexandra Fuller

“they were, perhaps, so unwearyingly fond of good things not least because they could, when put to it, do without them, and could survive…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors—and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I…

— Henry Miller

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their…

— F Scott Fitzgerald

“Their hearts and guts never had a moment of peace. They were afraid that all the calculations, all the planning, all that keeping things…

— Sándor Márai

“He felt people were never intentionally beastly or malicious, but they were pompous and foolish; awful decisions were made by men divorced from their…

— Glen David Gold

“as they drifted they had gathered trouble and a great deal of peculiar knowledge about human beings, what human beings would do or say…

— Paulette Jiles

“he saw that all the struggles of life were incessant, laborious, painful, that nothing was done quickly, without labor, that it had to undergo…

— Jack Kerouac

“They went on living in poverty, though they were no longer in need, but they were set in their ways, and they looked on…

— Albert Camus

“Whatever they were, they were living their lives, out there doing it, making their mistakes. Somehow I'd gotten stuck along the way […] and…

— Paula McLain

“The people became no less than what they were to begin with—in some cases they became horrifyingly more. They were never destroyed. They were…

— Harper Lee