The Romantic Egoists

"She turned and he followed her. She had been away — he could have wept at the wonder of her return...."

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:46 -0400

“She turned and he followed her. She had been away — he could have wept at the wonder of her return. She had passed through enchanted streets, doing things that were like provocative music. All mysterious happenings, all fresh and quickening hopes, had gone away with her, come back with her now.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Winter Dreams

"They wandered about the house, each feeling intimately the presence of the other; they sat on the..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:51:58 -0400

“They wandered about the house, each feeling intimately the presence of the other; they sat on the same side of the table like honeymooners; they were intensely absorbed, intensely happy.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Lees of Happiness

"He sailed home on the wings of desperate excitement, quite resolved to fan this spark of romance, no..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:24:24 -0400

“He sailed home on the wings of desperate excitement, quite resolved to fan this spark of romance, no matter how big the blaze or who was burned.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Four Fists

"You’re the prettiest girl I ever knew.” It was almost a lullaby, as he said it."

Sun, 05 May 2013 19:00:33 -0400

““You’re the prettiest girl I ever knew.” It was almost a lullaby, as he said it.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar

"Perhaps she too would see the sunset and pause for a moment, turning, remembering, before he faded..."

Wed, 01 May 2013 19:37:12 -0400

“Perhaps she too would see the sunset and pause for a moment, turning, remembering, before he faded with her sleep into the past. This night’s dusk would cover up forever the sun and the trees and the flowers and laughter of his young world.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Sensible Thing

"She said “kiss me,” she said “I’d like to marry you,” she said “I love you”— she said — nothing."

Wed, 01 May 2013 02:19:05 -0400

“She said “kiss me,” she said “I’d like to marry you,” she said “I love you”— she said — nothing.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Winter Dreams

"They kiss — definitely and thoroughly."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:57:41 -0400

“They kiss — definitely and thoroughly.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Her eyes appeared to regard him out of many thousand years: all emotion she might have felt, all..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:49:14 -0400

“Her eyes appeared to regard him out of many thousand years: all emotion she might have felt, all words she might have uttered, would have seemed inadequate beside the adequacy of her silence, ineloquent against the eloquence of her beauty.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

"Is kissing you generally considered a joyful affair?"

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:06:29 -0400

“Is kissing you generally considered a joyful affair?”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

"He looked at her and for a moment she lived in the bright blue worlds of his eyes, eagerly and..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:07:58 -0400

“He looked at her and for a moment she lived in the bright blue worlds of his eyes, eagerly and confidently.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night

"She told him in a dozen ways, of which the best was without words, how she had missed him. Her..."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:00:00 -0400

“She told him in a dozen ways, of which the best was without words, how she had missed him. Her emotion reassured him, promised his anxious heart that everything would be all right.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Sensible Thing

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Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:31:05 -0400

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"I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits."

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:15:37 -0400

“I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Head and Shoulders

"I know how miserable you must be, and I would give ten years of my life to be there to kiss your..."

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:16:00 -0400

“I know how miserable you must be, and I would give ten years of my life to be there to kiss your sweet lips good night.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, First Blood

"They exchanged glances, trying to recognize the emotions of the day before. For a moment each seemed..."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:35:00 -0400

“They exchanged glances, trying to recognize the emotions of the day before. For a moment each seemed unreal to the other — then the slow warm hum of love began again.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night

"After that reflowering of tenderness and passion each of them had returned into some solitary dream..."

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:28:54 -0400

“After that reflowering of tenderness and passion each of them had returned into some solitary dream unshared by the other and what endearments passed between them passed, it seemed, from empty heart to empty heart, echoing hollowly the departure of what they knew at last was gone.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

"I knew that what was left of me would always love you, but never in quite the same way."

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:46:49 -0400

“I knew that what was left of me would always love you, but never in quite the same way.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

"His arm was around her so tightly that she could hear the beating of his heart."

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:22:03 -0400

“His arm was around her so tightly that she could hear the beating of his heart.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

"It’s been so perfect — you and I. So like a dream that I’d longed for and never thought I’d find."

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:49:36 -0400

“It’s been so perfect — you and I. So like a dream that I’d longed for and never thought I’d find.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"You were about the nicest sight I ever looked at."

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:57:17 -0400

“You were about the nicest sight I ever looked at.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night