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Rosalind Connage quotes

A character in This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

8 quotes spoken by or about Rosalind Connage, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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No, I’m romantic—a sentimental person thinks things will last—a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.
Amory Blaine (to Rosalind) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1
The very qualities I love you for are the ones that will always make you a failure.
Rosalind · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1
The education of all beautiful women is the knowledge of men.
Narration · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1
There used to be two kinds of kisses: First when girls were kissed and deserted; second, when they were engaged. Now there’s a third kind, where the man is kissed and deserted.
Rosalind · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1
She won’t marry him, but a girl doesn’t have to marry a man to break his heart.
Alec Connage · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1
I’m so happy that I’m frightened. Wouldn’t it be awful if this was—was the high point?...
Amory Blaine · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1
Marrying you would be a failure and I never fail
Rosalind · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1
I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses—
Rosalind Connage · F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920), Book Two, Chapter 1

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