This Side of Paradise Love Quotes

Rosalind is a lot more of a realist than Amory. She knows that her feelings change all the time, which is why she always adds the word "now" when she tells Amory she loves him. What she's really saying is that she loves him now… but probably won't later.

Well there you have it. Amory and Rosalind fall in love almost immediately. But things that come easily tend to go easily, too, and that's exactly what happens. Rosalind keeps loving Amory, but she decides not to marry him because he doesn't have enough money or status.

After his split with Rosalind, Amory wonders if he'll ever be able to love again. The fact is that we still don't know the answer by the end of the book. Being left by Rosalind was bad enough, but being left for some other dude because of money and status is enough to make Amory give up on love altogether.