Introduction to Fitzgerald:
Fitzgerald is the representative writer of the "Lost Generation" in the United States and the poet laureate of the "Jazz Age". In his creative career of more than 20 years, he published novels such as "The Great Gatsby", "Tender Is the Night" and "The Last Tycoon", as well as more than 160 short stories, including "The Great Gatsby" published in 1925. "Gatsby" is the pinnacle of his writing career. It is hailed as one of the best contemporary American novels and established Fitzgerald's status in literary history.
Fitzgerald’s 20 classic quotes:
1. When you want to criticize someone, you have to remember that not everyone in this world is Have the advantages you have. ——"The Great Gatsby"
2. The world only exists in your eyes, it depends on how you see it. ——"Collapse"
3. There are thousands of kinds of love in the world, but there is never a kind of love that can be repeated. ——"Those Sad Young People"
4. In the long dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning. ——"The Great Gatsby"
5. Maintaining two completely opposite concepts and still acting normally is a sign of first-rate wisdom. ——"The Great Gatsby"
6. All the brilliance is invincible to time and will never return. ——"The Great Gatsby"
7. We come from far away, but our dreams are so close. It seems difficult to realize them, but we don't know that our dreams have long been broken. We continue to push forward, swimming against the current, being pushed back continuously until we return to the past. ——"The Great Gatsby"
8. We must understand that friendship should be maintained while people are alive, and there will be no friendship after death. ——"The Great Gatsby"
9. All good writing is swimming underwater, you must hold your breath. ——"Collapse"
10. The world will not care about your self-esteem. People only see your achievements. Before you achieve anything, don't overemphasize your self-esteem. (Because the more you emphasize self-esteem, the more detrimental it is to you). ——"The Great Gatsby"
11. A young and successful person believes that the reason why his wish comes true is thanks to the lucky star above his head, and he will only show his talent when he is thirty. People have a balanced concept of the ratio between will and destiny, while people who are in their early forties most likely only value will. ——"Crash"
12. High emotions are often out of proportion to the importance of the thing itself, causing people to have a truly extraordinary love. ——"Tender Is the Night"
13. Not to judge others is to have unlimited hope for others. ——"The Great Gatsby"
14. There are often situations like this in life. It seems to you that you are at your happiest time, but in fact, it is exactly when you are about to be in the most unlucky situation. situation. ——"Heaven on Earth"
15. I really want to pick a pink cloud and put you on it and push you around. ——"The Great Gatsby"
16. In this world, there is endless singing and dancing, and all-year-round entertainment. The saxophone played the tearful "Wall Street Blues" all night long, and hundreds of pairs of gold and silver dancing shoes kicked up shiny dust. During the tea break, this low and sweet hit song was still echoing continuously, and many fresh faces, like rose petals blown to the ground by those brass pipes, were floating around in the ballroom. ——"The Great Gatsby"
17. What makes this dazzling woman precious and charming is that she can be completely and successfully herself. ——"Beauty and Destruction"
18. New York, a city in morbid excitement. ——"The Great Gatsby"
19. I was sitting on the beach daydreaming about the ancient and unknown world, and suddenly I thought of Gatsby. He saw the green light at the end of Daisy's dock for the first time. I must have been very surprised. He walked a long way to reach this blue harbor, and he must have felt that his dream was so close that he could almost reach out and catch it. What he didn't know was that his dream had already fallen behind him, on the vast land west of New York, on the endless American wilderness under the dark night.
——"The Great Gatsby"
20. The problem is that when you are sober, you don't want to see anyone, and when you are drunk, no one wants to see you. ——"Tender is the Night"