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Quotation from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I’m a cynical idealist.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald (spoken by Amory Blaine)

This Side of Paradise, Book One, Ch. 2 (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Riding at night near Lawrenceville with a friend, Amory names his temperament and wonders whether the phrase means anything.

Citation: "I’m a cynical idealist." — F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Book One, Ch. 2 (Project Gutenberg text). (id this-side-of-paradise-q3)

Portrait: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1929 photo portrait by Nickolas Muray) Cropped, Nickolas Muray, Public domain.

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