F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes


Possibly it had occurred to him the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. [...] It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.


Citations

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

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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.