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'The Great Gatsby' Quotes Flashcards

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Nick about Gatsby: “worth …

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“worth the whole damn bunch together”

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Nick to Gatsby: “So I walked …

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“So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing”

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Gatsby: “obscurely …

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“obscurely as it had begun, his career as Trimalchio was over”

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Gatsby: “son …

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“son of God”

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Gatsby: “he looked

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“he looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man”

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Nick about Gatsby: “he had one of …

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“he had one of those rare smiles […] that you may come across across four or five times”

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Gatsby’s American Dream: “Daisy tumbled …

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” Daisy tumbled short of his dreams, not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion”

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Nick about Gatsby’s Dream: “appalling …

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“appalling sentimentality”

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Gatsby: “Can’t repeat …

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“Can’t repeat the past? […] Why of course you can!”

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Gatsby’s American Dream: “green …

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“green light”

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Gatsby: Born James Gatz to …

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“shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”

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Nick: “I am one of …

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“I am one of the few honest people I have ever known”

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Nick: “advantages …

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“advantages that you’ve had”

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Daisy to daughter: “beautiful …

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“beautiful little fool”

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Daisy: “voice …

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“voice is full of money”

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Daisy: “cheerful …

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“cheerful snobbery”

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Daisy: “the King’s …

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“the King’s daughter, the golden girl”

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Daisy: “I’ve been …

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“I’ve been everywhere and done everything”

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Daisy: “Sophisticated …

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“Sophisticated - God, I’m sophisticated”

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Tom: “I’m stronger …

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“I’m stronger and more of a man than you”

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Tom’s affair: “got some …

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“got some woman in New York”

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Tom’s violence: “knuckle …

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“knuckle was black and blue”

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Tom’s violence: “brute …

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“brute of a man”

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Nick about Buchanans: “careless …

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“careless people”

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Jordan: “slender, small …

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“slender, small breasted girl with an erect carriage”

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Jordan: “bored …

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“bored, haughty face”

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Jordan: “universal …

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“universal scepticism”

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Myrtle: “tragic …

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“tragic achievement”

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Myrtle: “tremendous …

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“tremendous vitality”

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Myrtle’s death: “left breast …

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“left breast was swinging loose like a flap”

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George: “so dumb …

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“so dumb he doesn’t even know he’s alive”

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George: “un …

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“unprosperous”

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American Dream: “Tomorrow …

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“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther”

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America: “a fresh …

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“a fresh, green breast of the new world”

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Community: “rotten …

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“rotten crowd” + “bustling”

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West Egg: “I lived at West Egg …

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“I lived at West Egg, the - well, the least fashionable of the two”

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West Egg: “vu …

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“vulgar”

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Lack of Respect: “ravages …

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“ravages of the night before”

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Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg: “dimmed …

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“dimmed a little by many pointless days”

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Racism: “civilisation’s …

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“civilisation’s going to pieces”

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Novel: “savage …

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“savage, frightening dreams”

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Novel: “artificial …

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“artificial world”

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Novel motif: “elusive rhythm …

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“elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I had heard somewhere a long time ago”

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George: “an …

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“anaemic” + “spiritless”

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Wolfsheim: “Why …

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“‘Why isn’t he in jail?’ ‘They can’t get him old sport. He’s a smart man’”

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Gatsby’s Dream: “foul dust …

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“foul dust [that] floated in the wake of his dreams”

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Old vs New Money: “East egg …

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“East egg condescending to West Egg”

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Valley of Ashes: “desolate …

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“desolate area of land”

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Gatsby’s Wealthy: “colo …

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“colossal mansion” that “celebrated people” from the “ravages of the night before”

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Tom: “cruel …

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“cruel body”

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George: “his …

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“his wife’s man”

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Tom: “two shining …

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“two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively”

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Gatsby’s Wealth: “Every Friday …

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“Every Friday, five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York”

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Gatsby’s obsession with past: “He talked …

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“He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy”

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Nick to Daisy: “just tell him …

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“just tell him the truth - that you never loved him - and it’s all wiped out forever”

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