This Side of Paradise Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Progress was a labyrinth . . . people plunging blindly in and then rushing wildly back, shouting that they had found it. ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Life was a damned muddle . . . a football game with every one off-side and the referee gotten rid of--every one claiming the referee would have been on his side. ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald "This has nothing to do with will-power; that's a crazy, useless word, anyway; you lack judgment--the judgment to decide at once when you know your imagination will play you false, given half a chance." ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Never walk near the bed; to a ghost your ankle is your most vulnerable part--once in bed, you're safe; he may lie around under the bed all night, but you're safe as daylight. If you still have doubts pull the blanket over your head." ~ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald 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 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