In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
Author
F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes & passages
3 passages by F. Scott Fitzgerald, from The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald died in 1940, so the words are in the public domain. Every passage is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg text.
About F. Scott Fitzgerald
American novelist (1896–1940) of the Jazz Age. Wrote This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender Is the Night.
Read their work on Project Gutenberg
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
New passages, now and then
We keep adding passages and collections. Leave your email and we’ll tell you when something new lands.
Optional. One short email per new collection, and nothing else. Protected by Cloudflare Turnstile (no tracking cookies).