Quotes

They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered. ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being. ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Very foolish it is to use the wrong word to a stranger; for though the heart may be clean of offence, how is the stranger to know that? He is more like to search truth with a dagger." ~ Kim by Rudyard Kipling "I have seen something of this world," she said over the crowded trays, "and there are but two sorts of women in it - those who take the strength out of a man and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this." ~ Kim by Rudyard Kipling I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again. ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Discovering that priests were infinitely more attentive when she was in process of losing or regaining faith in Mother Church, she maintained an enchantingly wavering attitude. ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Destiny has a constant passion for the incongruous. ~ The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington "Life and money both behave like loose quicksilver in a nest of cracks. And when they're gone we can't tell where--or what the devil we did with 'em!" ~ The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington "People will forget almost any slander except one that's been fought." ~ The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington "Gossip is never fatal, Georgie," he said, "until it is denied." ~ The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington