This Side of Paradise

I recently finished reading This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, for the third time. I first read it when I was in high school, and loved it. Then again when I was in college, loved it again. And just a few months ago I took it off the book shelf - curious to know if my view of it had changed. I took my time reading it through this time, while also reading a few other books, and found that I still really enjoyed it.

I've always been a Fitzgerald fan. I like his writing, I like his era, and I find his characters very interesting. Without getting into the complex reasons of why I like this book, here are just a few great lines - examples of what I love about his writing:

"It was all like a banquet where he sat for this half-hour of his youth and tried to enjoy brilliant epicurean courses."

"...rioting deliriously through life like superimposed waterfalls, half rhythm, half darkness."

"Long after midnight the towers and spires of Princeton were visible, with here and there a late-burning light -- and suddenly out of the clear darkness the sound of bells."