This Side of Paradise quotes about love
10 quotes on love from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book. Drawn from the 38 in the full collection.
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To hold a man a woman has to appeal to the worst in him.
No, I’m romantic—a sentimental person thinks things will last—a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.
The very qualities I love you for are the ones that will always make you a failure.
He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want—not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable
He wanted to kiss her, kiss her a lot, because then he knew he could leave in the morning and not care.
She won’t marry him, but a girl doesn’t have to marry a man to break his heart.
I’m so happy that I’m frightened. Wouldn’t it be awful if this was—was the high point?...
Marrying you would be a failure and I never fail
Beware of losing yourself in the personality of another being, man or woman.
I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses—
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