“ You want life to be a chain of flirtation with a man for every link. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920). copy citation
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Source | This Side of Paradise |
| Topic | flirtation life |
| Date | 1920 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/805/805-h/805-h.htm |
Context
“I'm quite charming in both of them.
CECELIA: Glad you're coming out?
ROSALIND: Yes; aren't you?
CECELIA: (Cynically) You're glad so you can get married and live on Long Island with the fast younger married set. You want life to be a chain of flirtation with a man for every link.
ROSALIND: Want it to be one! You mean I've found it one.
CECELIA: Ha!
ROSALIND: Cecelia, darling, you don't know what a trial it is to be—like me. I've got to keep my face like steel in the street to keep men from winking at me.”
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