Quotes & Examples - Love / Relationships Flashcards
“I did love him once—but I loved you too.”
Daisy’s conflicted feelings toward Gatsby and Tom expose the complexity of love.
“Oh, you want too much!”
Daisy’s line to Gatsby underscores her reluctance to abandon her current life for love.
“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams…”
Reveals Gatsby’s idealized love for Daisy as unattainable.
“You can’t repeat the past.”
Nick’s comment to Gatsby on the impossibility of rekindling old love.
“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”
Nick describes Gatsby’s passionate, almost frantic pursuit of Daisy.
I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Daisy’s views on relationships and her own constrained role as a woman.
“It takes two to make an accident.”
Jordan’s view on relationships hints at her detached view on romance and consequences.
“I wasn’t actually in love, but felt a sort of tender curiosity.”
Nick’s reflection on relationships, contrasting with Gatsby’s deep love for Daisy.
