Gatsby - Chapter 6 Quotes Flashcards
Nick Carraway - on Gatsby
“It was James Gatz who had been…”
It was James Gatz who has been loafing along the beach that afternoon… But it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat
Nick Carraway - on Gatsby
“The truth was that Jay Gatsby…”
Jay Gatsby of a West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his platonic conception of himself. He was the son of God.
Nick Carraway - on Gatsby
“So he invented …”
Just the sort of Jay Gatsby that seemed a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception was faithful to the end
Tom Buchanan - to Daisy on Gatsby
“Who is this Gatsby anyhow? Some big bootlegger ?
Well, he certainly mist have strained himself to get this menagerie together
Tom Buchanan - to Daisy on Gatsby
“I’d like to know …”
I’d like to know who he is and what he does,’ insisted Tom. ‘And I think I’ll make a point of finding out
Nick Carraway - to Gatsby
“I wouldn’t ask…”
I wouldn’t ask too much of her,’ I ventured. ‘You can’t repeat the past.
Gatsby - to Nick
“Can’t repeat …”
Can’t repeat the past?’ He replied incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!
Nick Carraway - on Gatsby
“He talked a lot about …”
He talked a lot about the past, as I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy.
Nick Carraway - on Gatsby
“His heart beat faster and faster…”
He knew that when he kissed this girl and forever we’d his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.
Nick Carraway - on Gatsby
“James Gatz…”
James Gatz - that was really, or at least legally, his name. He changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career.
