An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and…

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

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

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

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

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

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

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

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

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

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

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

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

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...