1,417 Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound.

Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe strongly that such a law as one prohibiting liquor is foolish.

I'll drink your champagne. I'll drink every drop of it, I don't care if it kills me.

Flushed with his impassioned gibberish, he saw himself standing alone on the last barrier of civilization.

It was a time of youth and war, and there was never so much love around.

My God,' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss.

Amory: Darling girl.[They kiss. Another pause and then she seizes his hand, covers it with kisses, and holds it to her breast.]Rosalind [sadly]: I love your hands, more than anything. I see them often when you're away from me--so tired; I know every line of them. Dear hands![Their eyes meet for a second and then she begins to cry--a tearless sobbing.]

Their hands touched for an instant, but neither spoke. Silences were becoming more frequent and more delicious.

But I believe you are absolutely incapable of jealousy except as hurt vanity.