The Great Gatsby

Book · 6 characters · 391 quotes · 1920

Quotes from The Great Gatsby

J
"That's a good one."
Jay Gatsby Humor
T
"What's the matter, sport?"
Tom Buchanan Relationships
T
"Throw me down and beat me, you dirty little coward!"
Tom Buchanan
D
"I was going to wear it tonight."
Daisy Buchanan Beauty
D
"I want to know about you."
Daisy Buchanan Relationships
D
"That's a reactionary idea."
Daisy Buchanan Politics
D
"So it has come to this."
Daisy Buchanan Change
J
"They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."
Jay Gatsby Friendship
J
"Her voice is full of money."
Jay Gatsby Love
J
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
Jay Gatsby Dreams
J
"I'm p-paralyzed with happiness."
Jay Gatsby Happiness
D
"What's the use of that gown if it's going to be all mussed up?"
Daisy Buchanan Beauty
N
"There was an unmistakable air of natural superiority."
Nick Carraway
N
"Gatsby's house had none of the cheerfulness of a family home."
Nick Carraway Family
N
"I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart."
Nick Carraway Life
J
"Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame her for."
Jordan Baker Truth
N
"Gatsby's wealth was not the only thing that distinguished him."
Nick Carraway Success
N
"He stretched out his arms toward the dark water."
Nick Carraway Dreams
N
"The loneliness of the moral highground."
Nick Carraway Philosophy
D
"People are cruel."
Daisy Buchanan Kindness
N
"I looked at him and some of the fundamental decencies are parceled out unequally at birth."
Nick Carraway Wisdom
N
"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time."
Nick Carraway Beauty
N
"He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy."
Nick Carraway Love
N
"We're all trapped by our own circumstances."
Nick Carraway Freedom
D
"I'm paralyzed by choice in this moment."
Daisy Buchanan Relationships
J
"What's the point of it all?"
Jordan Baker Life
N
"The colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever."
Nick Carraway Dreams
J
"I'm going to drain the pool tonight."
Jay Gatsby Death
T
"That's the difference between you and me."
Tom Buchanan Relationships
N
"I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes."
Nick Carraway Solitude