I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for exploration and personal growth in a vibrant environment.
F. Scott Fitzgerald articulates a yearning for adventure and the expansion of one's horizons. The speaker's aspiration to experience life fully and be part of significant events reflects a deep desire for meaningful connections and rich experiences, suggesting that pursuing new opportunities can lead to personal development and fulfillment.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a motivational speech about pursuing dreams.
Don't be so anxious about it,' she laughed. 'I'm not used to being loved. I wouldn't know what to do; I never got the trick of it.' She looked down at him, shy and fatigued. 'So here we are. I told you years ago that I had the makings of Cinderella.' He took her hand; she drew it back instinctively and then replaced it in his. 'Beg your pardon. Not even used to being touched. But I'm not afraid of you, if you stay quiet and don't move suddenly.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
It was about then [1920] that I wrote a line which certain people will not let me forget: "She was a faded but still lovely woman of twenty-seven."
The words seemed to bite physically into Gatsby.
But you can love more than just one person, can't you?
A sudden gust of rain blew over them and then another - as if small liquid clouds were bouncing along the land. Lightning entered the sea far off and the air blew full of crackling thunder. The table cloths blew around the pillars. They blew and blew and blew. The flags twisted around the red chairs like live things, the banners were ragged, the corners of the table tore off through the burbling billowing ends of the cloths.
A brighter future is ours to write. Let’s begin this new chapter — together — and let’s start the work right now.
It seems only fitting that we have a trans superhero for trans kids to look up to. I wish there was a trans superhero when I was little.
What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.
When I turned on the TV or the radio, and flicked to the newspaper, I never saw anyone like me. That's what I struggled with the most. I loved Pat Rafter. I couldn't be Pat Rafter. I watched Rove McManus and I couldn't be Rove either.
The day you catch an idea you fall in love with, even a small one, is a beautiful day.
My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.
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