Gatsby 3 Flashcards
In his blue gardens men and girls came and went
Like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars
They conducted themselves according to the rules
Of behaviour associated with amusement parks
A tray of cocktails floated at us
Through the twilight
Somebody told me they thought
He killed a man once
It’s more that he was a
German spy during the war
Absolutely real have pages and everything
I thought they’d be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they’re absolutely real
It was one of those rare smiles
With a quality of eternal reassurance in it
Precisely at that point it vanished- and I was looking at an elegant young rough neck
Whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd
The familiar expression held no more familiarity than the
Hand which reassuringly brushed my shoulder
But violently shorn of one wheel
Rested a new coupé
Suppose you met somebody
Just as careless as yourself
‘I hope I never will’ she answered
‘I hate careless people. That’s why I like you’
I am one of the few honest people
That I have ever known
