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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

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...

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...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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

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

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

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...

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...

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Action is character.

Action is character.