100 Best Quotes By F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Author Of The Great Gatsby
Famous As: Best Known for His Novel 'The Great Gatsby'
Born On: 1896
Died On: 1940
Born In: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died At Age: 44
While talking about the legendary writers of the 20th century, one cannot just miss out on the contribution made by F Scott Fitzgerald in the world of literature. Author of the greatest novels of all time, ‘The Great Gatsby’, F Scott Fitzgerald was truly a sheer genius whose works speak out the brilliance that he exuded as a writer, novelist and short-story teller. He perfectly captured the American society, its culture and its life of the 1920s in his works. Though he gained prominence with his first novel, ‘This Side of Paradise’ which was an immediate bestseller and an out and out sell-out , his best bit came in only in his third venture, ‘The Great Gatsby’ which has become an iconic and classic American literature. It was followed by ‘Tender is the Night’. Fitzgerald showed signs of making in big in the literary world since early. His first published story came in when he was merely 13 opening gateway for a bright future. It was his devotion for writing that made him to leave his academic to pursue a career in writing. His greatness can be assumed from that fact that his works illustrated the Jazz Age. Just like his works, Fitzgerald’s quotes also spelled magic. They covey a deep meaning through limited words and cover a vast variety of aspects of life and living. Explore some of the finest quotes by F Scott Fitzgerald.
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.
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.
I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know,
is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic
person has a desperate confidence that they won't.
You'll find another.'
God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.
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.
