Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.The Great Gatsby, p. 75, 1925
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist and short story writer known for capturing the essence of the Jazz Age in his works. His most famous novel, "The Great Gatsby," is considered a cornerstone of American literature and explores themes of wealth, love, and the American Dream.
1896–1940·lived 44 years
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.The Great Gatsby, p. 75, 1925
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.
That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.The Great Gatsby, p. 69, 1925
Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.Collected Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Forgotten is forgiven.The Notebooks of Scott Fitzgerald, p. 381
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory. F.My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1940, ed. Cambridge University Press, 2005
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F.The Crack-Up, p. 64, 1945
In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.The Crack-Up, p. 66, 1945
That’s all 10 quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald.