The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Quotes

“He held her hand and she gave him such a look that he whispered her name aloud.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

“It's like lifting off in an airplane: you're on the ground, on the ground, on the ground... and then you're up, riding on a magical cushion of air and prince of all you survey. That makes me happy, because it's what I was made to do.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

“In ten seconds he had completely lost his appetite and gained on hundred thousand dollars.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

“It was a dream," said John quietly. "Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness."
"How pleasant then to be insane!”
― Fitzgerald F. Scott, Un diamant gros comme le Ritz

“His father had tried time and time again to have it changed to something with a little more push and verve about it, such as "Hades--Your Opportunity," or else a plain "Welcome" sign set over a hearty handshake pricked out in electric lights.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz