I can safely say that F Scott Fitzgerald is one of my favourite authors, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I've developed an obsession for his relationship with Zelda and read a book (or two or three) about the couple. I am one of those that would love to live in the 20s, lounging around in coffee shops with other writers, drinking till I drop in speakeasies, partying in Gatsby-esque mansions. Hence why Midnight in Paris is one of my favourite films - it is just such a dream. Also hello Tom Hiddleston as F Scott Fitzgerald. So I wanted to share ten of my favourite quotes from the great man himself, because he is just such a master of words.
"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss."
"That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong."
"The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want."
"There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice."
"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."
"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."
"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."
"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath."
"Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."
"Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right."
Have you read any Fitzgerald?
Vicky
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