I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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

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

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

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

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

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

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...

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

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

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.

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

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....

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

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

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

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...

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

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

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

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then...

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy they smashed up things and creatures and then...

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money...

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money...