Chapter 1 Quotes Flashcards
(8 cards)
Nick ‘In my younger and more vulnerable years…
my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.’
Nick ‘Whenever you feel like criticising…
just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
Nick ‘Reserving judgments…
is a matter of infinite hope.’
Nick ‘Gatsby, who represented…
everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.’
Nick ‘There was something gorgeous…
about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life.’
Nick ‘No—Gatsby turned out…
all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams…’
Nick ‘ I’m inclined to reserve…
all judgments.’
Nick ‘I was within and without…
simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.’
