The Great Gatsby

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me advice."

"Of all the confusing and marvelous inhabitants of this earth, none seems to me more deeply rooted in futility."

"I knew the world's a hard place."

"Never quite understood the old families in the East."

"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time."

"Gatsby, believe it or not, you're worth the whole damn bunch put together."

"There's something very sensuous about him."

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?"

"Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade."

"It was one of those spring afternoons that give little promise of anything at all."

"Let me make myself clear—I am not going to continue this conversation."

"A man can't always be sure about his past."

"She had told him that she loved him."

"The grief of his condition required that the measure of his anguish be drawn from the grave."

"They are careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures."

"You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I?"

"Go on, Daisy. Why can't you tell him you never loved him?"

"I want to know what you think of me practically at first sight."

"I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only an act, but there was an overtone of nervousness in it."

"The day agreed upon was pouring rain."

"You always look so cool."

"I'm going to make a list of all the things I've got to do."

"The barkeeper's instinct must have told him that he was dealing with that sort of confidence man."

"So I decided to get drunk."

"Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth."

"Ah, I'm going to be powerful after I drink this."

"The only respectable thing about you is your money."

"Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply."

"I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me."

"He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles that focused on you with an abiding delight."