At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

Action is character.

Action is character.

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...

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

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

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

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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...

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

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...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

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...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

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

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

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has...

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you...

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you...

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it...

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it...