"Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be."

Source : F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.1469, e-artnow

F. Scott Fitzgerald

#Regret Quotes #Past Quotes #Lost Quotes

“I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I want them [people] to feel open and comfortable to share the messy, dirty, shameful parts of themselves. Those are the parts I wanna see. And that eating disorders aren't just about "being thin."”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Religion may have been the original cure; Freud reminds us that it was also the original disease.”

Source : Philip Rieff, Arnold M. Eisen, Gideon Lewis-Kraus (2008). “The Jew of Culture: Freud, Moses, and Modernity”, p.69, University of Virginia Press
“You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.”
“At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.”
“I think that gave rise to the type of practice that I - that I do now. I think it was informed by a very Marxist almost "use-value"-driven investigation of painting as agent. These are high-priced luxury goods for wealthy consumers, which are designed to deliver certain communicative effects.”
“Man,--the aristocrat amongst the animals.”
“Art...must do something more than give pleasure: it should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit.”

"Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be."

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