Great Gatsby Quotes Flashcards

1
Q

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world
haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

A

Mr. Carraway (Nicks Father)

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2
Q

I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. Only Gatsby, the man
who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—

A

Nick

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3
Q

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

A

Jordan

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4
Q

“I’ve been here too long. I want to get away. My wife and I want to go West.”

A

Wilson

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5
Q

“I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.

A

Tom

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6
Q

“There was two cars,” said ______________, “one comin’, one goin’, see?”

A

Michaelis

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7
Q

“They’re a rotten crowd,” _________ shouted across the lawn. “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put
together.”

A

Nick

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8
Q

“I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God.

A

Wilson

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9
Q

“Jimmy always liked it better down East. He rose up to his position in the East.

A

Henery Gatz (Gatbys Father)

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10
Q

“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead,”

A

Wolfsheim

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