In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice. – p. 1
And so we beat on, boats against the current. – p. 180
Gatsby believed in the green light. – p. 98
I hope she’ll be a fool that’s the best thing a girl can be. – p. 17
There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired. – p. 79
I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled. – p. 35
The loneliest moment in someones life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart. – p. 113
Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can! – p. 111
There are many people who have a lot of money and thats fine. – p. 45
You can’t repeat the past. – p. 70
I’m not really sure why I bought this house. – p. 8
They’re a rotten crowd… You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together. – p. 154
I like large parties. They’re so intimate. – p. 49
I was within and without, enchanted and repelled. – p. 35
All these people theyre just a part of my dream. – p. 116
Its a funny thing… you never know what is going to happen. – p. 132
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. – p. 80
I suppose in this case, Ill be the woman. – p. 91
The past is never dead. Its not even past. – p. 77
Im not happy, but Im not sad either. – p. 63
The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. – p. 90
Most of the confidences were unsought frequently unreturned. – p. 20
I was standing alone on the last barrier of life. – p. 115
Hes just like a big piece of gum, no flavor left. – p. 125
There are things behind this place that you cant even begin to imagine. – p. 42
Youre not in the void. Youre in Gatsby. – p. 137
Theyre not around for you when the party ends. – p. 75
You cant take it with you. – p. 162
Id rather be poor than be a part of that world. – p. 44
This is a story of a man who believed in dreams. – p. 58
The truth is stranger than fiction. – p. 30
No one has ever loved me like that. – p. 149
Love is a drug, and Im addicted. – p. 125
His dream was a mirage, but still I believed. – p. 133
Im always in the back row. – p. 27
What a crazy world we live in. – p. 45
Running away from my problems won’t solve them. – p. 80
He was a romantic fool. – p. 97
Life is just a series of moments. – p. 68
People change, places change, but memories are forever. – p. 120
I cant escape the past. – p. 92
In the end, what are we without a little ambition? – p. 64
Sometimes the past is a coffin. – p. 114
Were all just searching for something. – p. 135
Happiness is fleeting, but memories last. – p. 145