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F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes about dreams & ambition

27 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around. Drawn from the 141 in the full collection. Page 2 of 2.

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You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.
Clara Page · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book One, Chapter 4
It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.
Narration · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book One, Chapter 1

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