" I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; At 45 they are caves in which we hide. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" He waited for the mask to drop off, but at the same time he did not question her right to wear it. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" To write it, it took three months; to conceive it

" The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up” (1936) US novelist (1896 – 1940)

" Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald US novelist (1896 – 1940)

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