Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by 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.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Family Quotes

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...

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...

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.

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

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...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

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...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

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.

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

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

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Action is character.

Action is character.

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...

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the...

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the...

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

It just ain't possible to explain some things. It's interesting to wonder on them and...

It just ain't possible to explain some things. It's interesting to wonder on them and...