This Side of Paradise / The Beautiful and the Damned Quotes

“No,' said Armory, shaking is head. ' Money isn't the only stimulus that brings out the best that's in a man, even in America.'
'You said a while ago that it was.'
'It is, right now. But if we made it illegal to have more than a certain amount the best men would flock for the one other reward which attracts humanity - honour.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise / The Beautiful and the Damned

“- Haven't you any ambition? Think what you'll be at forty?
- I sincerely trust that I won't live that long.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise / The Beautiful and the Damned