Chapter 9 quotes Flashcards
‘I found myself…
…on Gatsby’s side and alone’
‘I wanted to get…
…somebody for him. I’ll get someone for you Gatsby’
‘I began to have a feeling…
… of defiance of scornful solidarity between Gatsby and me against the rest of them all’
‘His eyes leaked…
… continuously with excitement, his grief began to mixed with awe pride’
‘His eyes began…
…to blink anxiously and he spoke of the rain in a worried, uncertain way’
‘Tom and Gatsby,…
…Daisy, Jordan and I were all Westerners and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly adaptable to Eastern life’
‘After Gatsby’s death…
… the East was haunted for me like that, distorted beyond my eyes power of correction’
‘I became aware of the…
…old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailor’s eyes- a fresh, green breast of the new world’
‘His dream must’ve…
…seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it’
‘So we beat on…
…boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past’
