F. Scott Fitzgerald quote about romance from This Side of Paradise - No, I'm romantic—a sentimental person thinks things will last—a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.
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No, I'm romantic—a sentimental person thinks things will last—a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.
 F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920). copy citation

Context

“SHE: We haven't the same standards of time as other people.
HE: Already it's—other people.
SHE: Let's pretend.
HE: No—I can't—it's sentiment.
SHE: You're not sentimental?
HE: No, I'm romantic—a sentimental person thinks things will last—a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't. Sentiment is emotional.
SHE: And you're not? (With her eyes half-closed.) You probably flatter yourself that that's a superior attitude.
HE: Well—Rosalind, Rosalind, don't argue—kiss me again.” source

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