“ I'm not sentimental—I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last—the romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920). copy citation
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Source | This Side of Paradise |
| Topic | love romance sentimentality |
| Date | 1920 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | This Side of Paradise, Chapter 3 |
| Note | |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/805/805-h/805-h.htm |
Context
“She leaned toward him, her burning eyes never leaving his own and whispered with a sort of romantic finality: «I thought so, Juan, I feared so—you're sentimental. You're not like me. I'm a romantic little materialist.»
«I'm not sentimental—I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last—the romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't.» (This was an ancient distinction of Amory's.)
«Epigrams. I'm going home,» she said sadly. «Let's get off the haystack and walk to the cross-roads.»
They slowly descended from their perch. She would not let him help her down and motioning him away arrived in a graceful lump in the soft mud where she sat for an instant, laughing at herself.” source
«I'm not sentimental—I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last—the romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't.» (This was an ancient distinction of Amory's.)
«Epigrams. I'm going home,» she said sadly. «Let's get off the haystack and walk to the cross-roads.»
They slowly descended from their perch. She would not let him help her down and motioning him away arrived in a graceful lump in the soft mud where she sat for an instant, laughing at herself.” source
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