They say it, I write it.
"He has an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again"
-- Nick on Gatsby
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!."
-- Gatsby
Nick: You're a rotten driver, either you ought to be more careful
or you oughtn't to drive at all.
Jordan: I am careful.
Nick: No you're not.
Jordan: Well, other people are.
Nick: What's that got to do with it?
Jordan: They'll keep out of my way, It takes two to make an
accident
Nick: Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself?
Jordan: I hope I never will, I hate careless people. That's why
I like you.
"You must know Gatsby! "
-- Miss Baker
"I'm thirty. I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honour."
-- Nick Carraway
"What I called up about was a pair of shoes I left there. I wonder if it'd be too much trouble to have the butler send them on. You see, they're tennis shoes and I'm sort of helpless without them. My address is care of B.F. --"
-- Klipspringer [One of Gatsby's friends] asking for his shoes back after he found out about the funeral.
"They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."
-- Nick to Gatsby
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people iin this world haven't had the advantages you've had."
-- Nick's father [name unknown]
"Tom's getting very profound. He reads deep books with long words in them."
-- Daisy on her husband Tom.
Tom: I hate that world 'hulking'. Even in kidding.
Daisy: Hulking.
"Do you always watch for the longest day of the year then miss it? I always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it."
-- Daisy