Chap 1 Quotes Flashcards
There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life
It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person
It is what preyed on gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dream
Marble swimming pool, and more than 40 acres of lawn and garden. It was gatsbys mansion
White places of fashionable east egg glittered along the water
“Physical”
“Powerful”
Tom
They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together
Tom Buchanan in Riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch
Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face
Enormous power of that body
It was a body capable of enormous leverage a cruel body
Then there was a boom as Tom Buchanan shut the rear window and the caught wind died
I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming
Excitement in her voice that men who cared for her found difficult to forget
“You did it”
“I know you didn’t mean to , but you did do it”
These other races will have control of things
The telephone rang inside
You remind me of a - of a rose
Toms got some woman in New York
She might have the decency not to telephone him at Dinner time
I hope she’ll be a fool - that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool
I’ve been every where and seen everything and done everything
Daisy
I was confused and a little disgusted.
How nick felt after his night at the Buchanan’s
Silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight
Silver pepper of the stars
He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way
Nothing except a single green lightZ
Gatsby has vanished and I was alone again in the unique darkness
