![It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F8p0rzZENFI/X1tvdzq_0kI/AAAAAAAAH34/-ZNybUWlzXUMvOAOQtb5qcwtjIOq1I51gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-was-always-the-becoming-he-dreamed-of-never-the-being.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: F. Scott Fitzgerald
![It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F8p0rzZENFI/X1tvdzq_0kI/AAAAAAAAH34/-ZNybUWlzXUMvOAOQtb5qcwtjIOq1I51gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-was-always-the-becoming-he-dreamed-of-never-the-being.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lfmwHcUGOiE/X1tuOVzwoMI/AAAAAAAAHp8/v7BWYQQAjbEqub2va4uD6pyET5B4gsexgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-wasnt-actually-in-love-but-i-felt-a-sort-of-tender-curiosity.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.
![They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1KUXtzJd8B0/X1uLwYw_EBI/AAAAAAAAKuA/IsNAaJKOBBMNVP6pIz0xKaPdRdU9Vct9QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/they-slipped-briskly-into-an-intimacy-from-which-they-never-recovered.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.
![I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0GHGp8YCuus/X1trFfwv9jI/AAAAAAAAHLg/NIkcBYoFNfg8OhGy3lAdHLlmRtO4iSkJQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-love-her-and-thats-the-beginning-and-end-of-everything.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
![Human sympathy has its limits.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FJQqFiLCRBQ/X1to0-Z1P8I/AAAAAAAAG10/4JV4djribpYnVXaozHXnd7RHUPIQUvCRwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/human-sympathy-has-its-limits.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Human sympathy has its limits.
![You’ve got an awfully kissable mouth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cB-nFVQ3ZoM/X1uT0fjCgGI/AAAAAAAAL6o/m1SQJ9nK804EBnpztDO_KHMaHwwqPwrbgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/youve-got-an-awfully-kissable-mouth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You’ve got an awfully kissable mouth.
![My God,’ he gasped, ‘you’re fun to kiss.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R-xTP87FTLM/X1t2cY2ndCI/AAAAAAAAIgg/wIQjTggVyQgwobrFVcWebavt8V_Y3T7QQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/my-god-he-gasped-youre-fun-to-kiss.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
My God,’ he gasped, ‘you’re fun to kiss.
![Forgotten is forgiven.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZjGy1s6Za2s/X0bBoCq0rsI/AAAAAAAACB8/5QQeH_LYgzMGG7YhuvXXa-syhoV1E0DeQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/forgotten-is-forgiven-quotes-by-f-scott-fitzgerald-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-forgiveness.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Forgotten is forgiven.
![But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g1S6yvBOmxo/X1th_ztmtrI/AAAAAAAAF3c/64r2LPc5KY4iuyJfOoQx9_w_z7DqFjLbwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/but-i-suppose-you-must-touch-life-in-order-to-spring-from-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.
![Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E7qPnvkdZGw/X1tw5BfY0-I/AAAAAAAAIIY/hK2d4gVFWdccXJuiASF0-deOW58KZ1E0ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/life-is-much-more-successfully-looked-at-from-a-single-window.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)