A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

Action is character.

Action is character.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.