The Great Gatsby

Book · 6 characters · 391 quotes · 1920

Quotes from The Great Gatsby

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"So it goes."
Nick Carraway
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"Their money was safe, and that was all that mattered."
Nick Carraway Money
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"I became aware that my presence tended to put an end to the evening."
Nick Carraway Solitude
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"He's a no-good son of a bitch."
Tom Buchanan
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"I wanted no more than that."
Jay Gatsby Happiness
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"The letter can't get there for two weeks at least."
Nick Carraway Time
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"I want to know who you are."
Jay Gatsby Relationships
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"I am still awed by the creative spirit."
Nick Carraway Creativity
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"A woman should be able to do anything."
Jordan Baker Freedom
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"What do people talk about in these interludes of business?"
Jordan Baker Relationships
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"The truth is that I am at their mercy now."
Jay Gatsby Power
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"I am still awed by the creative spirit."
Nick Carraway Creativity
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"Action is eloquence."
Jay Gatsby Leadership
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"I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything."
Tom Buchanan Adventure
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"Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply."
Nick Carraway Truth
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"The only thing that sustains me is the thought of love."
Jay Gatsby Love
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"I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Daisy Buchanan Wisdom
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"Her voice is full of money."
Nick Carraway Money
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"Why of course you can!"
Jay Gatsby Dreams
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"You can't repeat the past."
Nick Carraway Time
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"Enthusiasm is not a suitable response to anything."
Tom Buchanan Wisdom
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"I like large parties. They're so intimate."
Daisy Buchanan Humor
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"The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself."
Nick Carraway Dreams
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"Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope."
Nick Carraway Hope
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"There's no place like home."
Nick Carraway Family
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"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world."
Daisy Buchanan Wisdom
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"Rich people are different from you and me."
Tom Buchanan Money
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"The past cannot be repeated. The only thing we can do is to move forward."
Jay Gatsby Change
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"It is what it is, and I owe them that much."
Jay Gatsby Truth
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"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us."
Nick Carraway Dreams