Gatsby Quotes Flashcards
“Fantastic farm where_________”
Ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens.
“Her voice is ________”
Full of money
“Daisy tumbled short _____________ but because of the __________”
(1) Of his dream. Not through her own fault
(2) colossal vitality of his illusion
“He stretched _________”
Out his arms toward the dark water
“Its monstrous__________ and supper-boxes and _______”
(1) length with triumphant hat-boxes
(2) tool boxes
“He was the single most ____________”
Hopeful person I had ever met.
“With an erect carriage, which she _________” (about Jordan)
Accentuated by throwing her body backwards like a young cadet
“She was ____________” (about Jordan)
Incurably dishonest
“His dream must have seemed__________.”
so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.
“Why, my god! They _______________”
Used to go there by the hundreds.
(Nobody at Gatsby’s funeral)
“Old men pushing __________”
Young girls backward in eternal graceless circles
“I’m the first man who __________”
Ever made a stable out of a garage
“It’s an old _____. I think we all believed for a moment that __________”
(1) Clock
(2) It had smashed in pieces on the floor
