Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Tender is the Night.
Love Quotes
"I fell in love on the beach," said Rosemary. "Who with?" "First with a whole lot of people who looked nice. Then with one man"(1.3.2-4).
Innocence Quotes
"I haven’t seen Paris since I’ve been grown," said Rosemary. "I’d love to see it with you." "That’s nice of you." Did she imagine that his voice was suddenly metallic? "Of c...
Madness Quotes
[Dick] had the power of arousing a fascinated and uncritical love. The reaction came when he realized the waste and extravagance involved. He sometimes looked back with awe at the carnivals of affe...
Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Quotes
Moreover it is confusing to come across a youthful photograph of some one known in a rounded maturity and gaze with a shock upon a fiery, wiry, eagle-eyed stranger. Best to be reassuring – Di...
Appearances Quotes
Often he used [good manners] and just as often he despised them because they were not a protest against how unpleasant selfishness was but against how unpleasant it looked (2.10.21).
Transformation Quotes
"Dick] left a note for Maria Wallis signed "Dicole," the word with which he and Nicole had signed communications in the first days of love (2.24.1).
Time Quotes
Moreover it is confusing to come across a youthful photograph of some one known in a rounded maturity and gaze with a shock upon a fiery, wiry, eagle-eyed stranger. Best to be reassuring – Di...
Foreignness and 'the Other' Quotes
Dick, worn away by the events of the afternoon, was taking it out on the inhabitants of Italy. He looked around the bar as if he hoped an Italian had heard him and would resent his words (2.22.3).