F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes


He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.


Citations

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Beautiful and Damned. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Born: September 24, 1896
  • Died: December 21, 1940
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and Short story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he popularized. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four collections of short stories, and 164 short stories. Although he temporarily achieved popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald only received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.