More Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.
Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
And in the end, we were all just humans...Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.
Never confuse activity with action.
They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.
"A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
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 in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful.
You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.
