'The Great Gatsby' Quotes Flashcards
(55 cards)
Nick about Gatsby: “worth …
“worth the whole damn bunch together”
Nick to Gatsby: “So I walked …
“So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing”
Gatsby: “obscurely …
“obscurely as it had begun, his career as Trimalchio was over”
Gatsby: “son …
“son of God”
Gatsby: “he looked
“he looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man”
Nick about Gatsby: “he had one of …
“he had one of those rare smiles […] that you may come across across four or five times”
Gatsby’s American Dream: “Daisy tumbled …
” Daisy tumbled short of his dreams, not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion”
Nick about Gatsby’s Dream: “appalling …
“appalling sentimentality”
Gatsby: “Can’t repeat …
“Can’t repeat the past? […] Why of course you can!”
Gatsby’s American Dream: “green …
“green light”
Gatsby: Born James Gatz to …
“shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”
Nick: “I am one of …
“I am one of the few honest people I have ever known”
Nick: “advantages …
“advantages that you’ve had”
Daisy to daughter: “beautiful …
“beautiful little fool”
Daisy: “voice …
“voice is full of money”
Daisy: “cheerful …
“cheerful snobbery”
Daisy: “the King’s …
“the King’s daughter, the golden girl”
Daisy: “I’ve been …
“I’ve been everywhere and done everything”
Daisy: “Sophisticated …
“Sophisticated - God, I’m sophisticated”
Tom: “I’m stronger …
“I’m stronger and more of a man than you”
Tom’s affair: “got some …
“got some woman in New York”
Tom’s violence: “knuckle …
“knuckle was black and blue”
Tom’s violence: “brute …
“brute of a man”
Nick about Buchanans: “careless …
“careless people”
