F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940
Birthday: September 24
Death: December 21
For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder.
source: The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925)
topic: Men, Lasts, Faces, Gatsby Love, Great Gatsby American Dream, Great Gatsby Important, Great Gatsby Love, Great Gatsby Nick, Great Gatsby Nick Carraway, Transitory
