The greatest profound pain is cased by, and is the result of our own illusions, fantasies and dreams.
F. Scott FitzgeraldVitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. Scott FitzgeraldI'll never be a poet,' said Amory as he finished. 'I'm not enough of a sensualist really; there are only a few obvious things that I notice as primarily beautiful: women, spring evenings, music at night, the sea; I don't catch the subtle things like 'silver-snarling trumpets.' I may turn out an intellectual, but I'll never right anything but mediocre poetry.
F. Scott FitzgeraldFor the moment I can only cry out that I have lost my splendid mirage. Come back, come back, O glittering and white!
F. Scott Fitzgerald