She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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(in reply to her husband who had asked how she felt moments before her death.). ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Mine eyes
Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;
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SCOTT FITZGERALD When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the sup... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Chaque fois que tu te prépares à critiquer quelqu'un, m'a-t-il dit, souviens-toi qu'en venant sur ... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind… F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a vio... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD It takes a genius to whine appealingly. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD They’re a rotten crowd’, I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put t... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a pu... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without ad... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a qua... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Whenever you feel like criticising anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't h... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD I found myself on Gatsby’s side, and alone. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a pu... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD If you want to kiss me any time during the evening, Nick, just let me know and I'll be glad to arran... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the w... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD To the wingless a more interesting phenomenon is their (W/E Egg) dissimilarity in every particular e... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD I can’t tell you just how wonderful she is. I don’t want you to know. I don’t want any one to ... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty thi... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Character is plot, plot is character. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one chil... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD You know, you’re a little complicated after all.” “Oh no,” she assured him hastily. ... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Never miss a party...good for the nerves--like celery. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to b... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD There was a kindliness about intoxication - there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, ... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD This is a valley of ashes - a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat… F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipli... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actua... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first ... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD