Gatsby quotes Flashcards
enchanted objects
‘his count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.’
Gatsby’s resolves
‘always had some resolves like this or something’
romantic Nick
‘for a moment i thought i loved her.’
Myrtle’s living room
‘set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it’
Gatsby’s parents
‘his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.’
Wilson
‘blond, spiritless man, anaemic and faintly handsome.’
Can’t repeat the past…
“Why of course you can!”
Gatsy’s smile
‘one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance.’
Gatsby ‘took’ Daisy
‘took her because he had no real right to touch her hand.’
Gatsby God
‘the son of God.’
Revaluing possessions
'’I think he revalued everything in his house according to the response it drew from her well-loved eyes.’
Mr…
‘Mr Nobody from Nowhere.’
Carelessness
'’they smashed up things and creatures then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.’
a fool
‘I hope she’ll be a fool, that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’
paintless days
‘dimmed a little by many paintless days’
Father
‘he must be about his father’s business’
men in Valley of Ashes
‘men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.’
‘ash-grey men’
end words
‘it eluded us then, but that’s no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.’
boats
‘so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaslessly into the past.’
Tom’s appearance
‘two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face.’
Tom racist
‘dominant race’
Gatsby’s guests
‘came and went like moths’
