That's the whole burden of this novel - the loss of those illusions th…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
654 citations
That's the whole burden of this novel - the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world that you don't care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2010). A Life in Letters, p.136, Simon and Schuster
Life Reading Truth
12

More Author Quotes

unloved women have no biographies-- they have histories ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: … ▶
The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Le … ▶
Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind? ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgera … ▶
Thirty--the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair. ✨ The Great Gatsby ch. 7 (1925)
Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures. ✨ The Great Gatsby ch. 1 (1925)

That's the whole burden of this novel - the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world that you don't care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2010). A Life in Letters, p.136, Simon and Schuster

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes