The Great Gatsby QUOTES Flashcards

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1
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“furniture…”

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“furniture entirely too large”

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2
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“golden…”

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“golden girls”

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“so we beat on…”

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“so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”

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4
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“They were…”

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“They were careless people Tom and Daisy”

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5
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“Silver…”

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“Silver idols”

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6
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“white…”

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“White girlhood”

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“I’ve been…”

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“I’ve been everywhere, and seen everything, and done everything… God I’m sophisticated!”

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“Can’t…”

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

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9
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“Beautiful…”

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“Beautiful little fool”

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“Angry…”

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“Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away”

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“And I like…”

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“And I like big parties, they’re so intimate. At small parties, there isn’t any privacy.”

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“One of those…”

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“One of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it”

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13
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“Blue…”

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“Blue gardens”

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“so we drove …”

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“so we drove on towards death through the cooling twilight”

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15
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“you always…”

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“You always look so cool”

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16
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“Gatsby …”

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“Gatsby believed in the green light”

17
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“her voice…”

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“her voice is full of money”

18
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“dishonesty…”

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“Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply.”

19
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“I am one…”

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

20
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“I wasn’t actually…”

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“I wasn’t actually in love but I had a sort of tender curiosity”

21
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“just remember…”

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“just remember people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had”

22
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“You’re worth…”

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“You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together”

23
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“retreated…”

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“retreated back into their money”

24
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“Daisy…”

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“Daisy tumbled short of his dreams”

25
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“You can’t…”

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“You can’t live forever; you can’t live forever”

26
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“Two shining…”

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“Two shining arrogant eyes has established dominance over his face.”

27
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“A spiritless…”

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“A spiritless man”

28
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“Tom Buchanan…”

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“Tom Buchana broke her nose with his open hand.”

29
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“Walking through…”

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“Walking through her husband as if he were a ghost”

30
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“pulpless…”

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“pulpless halves”

31
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“In his …”

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“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”

32
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“Having something in…”

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“Having something in the present is never as good as your past self imagined it would be.”

33
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“he was…”

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“He was one of those worn out men”

34
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“marble…”

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“marble swimming pool”

35
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“more than…”

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“more than forty acres of lawn and garden.”