F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

It’s just that I feel so sad these wonderful nights. I sort of feel they’re never coming again, and I’m not really getting all I could out of them.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Night
• Sad
• Wonderful
• So Sad

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• It’s just that I feel so sad these wonderful nights. I sort of feel they’re never coming again, and I’m not really getting all I could out of them.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Night
  • Sad
  • Wonderful