A breathless warmth flowed from her. A promise that there was no one else in the world she so wanted to see.
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love. I'm only 32. I might still be a great man if I could forget that I once lost Daisy.
He had come such a long way. And his dream must have seemed so close... that he could hardly fail to grasp it. But he did not know that it was already behind him.
I remembered how we had all come to Gatsby's and guessed at his corruption...while he stood before us...concealing...an incorruptible dream.
Nicky. It's just, well, you see, I think everything's terrible anyhow. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. I've had a very bad time, Nicky. I'm pretty cynical about everything.
And I asked the nurse if it was a boy or a girl. And she said it was a girl...and I wept:"I'm glad it's a girl." And I hope she'll be a fool. That's the best thing a girl in this world can be. A beautiful little fool.
All the bright, precious things fade so fast. And they don't come back.
It was also that night... that I became aware of Gatsby's extraordinary gift for hope. A gift that I have never found in any other person. And which it is not likely I shall ever find again.
They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.
"Open another window."
"There aren't any more."
"Then telephone...for an ax."
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