This Side of Paradise Marriage Quotes

Amory likes to think about marrying his distant cousin Clara. But the fact is that Clara has already lost one husband and isn't interested in doing the whole marriage thing again. This just goes to show that when it comes to marriage, Amory can sometimes seem doomed.

As she tells Amory, Clara has no interest in getting married after her first husband has died. She has her children and only wants to take care of them. She doesn't want to divide her love between them and a new husband.

Even after she has already rejected Amory, Clara is convinced that he never wanted to marry her in the first place. Amory admits that it all might have been a pipe dream, but it was a beautiful pipe dream.