Amory wondered how people could fail to notice that he was a boy marked for glory, and when faces of the throng turned toward him and ambiguos eyes stared into his, he assumed the most romantic of expression and walked on the air cushion that lie on the asphalts of fourteen.

The Side Of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

This might just turn into an F. Scott quotes blog. Also, ‘the asphalts of fourteen’ is one of the savoriest phrases I’ve ever heard.