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

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

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 test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

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

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

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

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

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

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

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

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...

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.

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

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

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

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...

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

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

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

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...

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.

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.

For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.