Essential Quotes from The Great Gatsby with Page Numbers

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 someone’s 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 that’s 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— they’re just a part of my dream. – p. 116

It’s 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, I’ll be the woman. – p. 91

The past is never dead. It’s not even past. – p. 77

I’m not happy, but I’m 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

He’s just like a big piece of gum, no flavor left. – p. 125

There are things behind this place that you can’t even begin to imagine. – p. 42

You’re not in the void. You’re in Gatsby. – p. 137

They’re not around for you when the party ends. – p. 75

You can’t take it with you. – p. 162

I’d 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 I’m addicted. – p. 125

His dream was a mirage, but still I believed. – p. 133

I’m 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 can’t 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

We’re all just searching for something. – p. 135

Happiness is fleeting, but memories last. – p. 145

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