F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes


She saw him the first day on board, and then her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. No matter what his past was, no matter what he had done. Which was not to say that she would ever let him know, but only that he moved her chemically more than anyone she had ever met, that all other men seemed pale beside him.


Citations

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender Is the Night. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.

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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.