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Lanier and Topsy Diver
A young man from the American South. He is introduced in the story as Rosemary’s “young man,” but his romantic interest in her is seemingly unrequited. He accompanies Rosemary, Nicole and Dick Diver, and Mary and Abe North to watch a screening of Rosemary’s film, Daddy’s Girl, in Paris. Later, sensing that something might be going on between Rosemary and Dick, he warns him that she might not be entirely innocent after all, recounting some scandalous story of her and Hillis fooling around in the locked cabin of a train with the blinds down.
Collis Clay Quotes in Tender Is the Night
The Tender Is the Night quotes below are all either spoken by Collis Clay or refer to Collis Clay. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1, Chapter 20
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Only the image of a third person, even a vanished one, entering into his relation with Rosemary was needed to throw him off his balance and send through him waves of pain, misery, desire, desperation. The vividly pictured hand on Rosemary’s cheek, the quicker breath, the white excitement of the event viewed from outside, the inviolable secret warmth within.
—Do you mind if I pull down the curtain?
—Please do. It’s too light in here.
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Collis Clay Quotes in Tender Is the Night
The Tender Is the Night quotes below are all either spoken by Collis Clay or refer to Collis Clay. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 1, Chapter 20
Quotes
Only the image of a third person, even a vanished one, entering into his relation with Rosemary was needed to throw him off his balance and send through him waves of pain, misery, desire, desperation. The vividly pictured hand on Rosemary’s cheek, the quicker breath, the white excitement of the event viewed from outside, the inviolable secret warmth within.
—Do you mind if I pull down the curtain?
—Please do. It’s too light in here.
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