Gatsby Quotes
Gatsby
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"(116).
Meyer Wolfsheim
"Five, with Becker. I understand you're looking for business gonnegtion"(75).
Gatsby
"Her voice is full of money"(127).
Meyer Wolfsheim
"I can't do it-I can't get mixed up in it" (180).
Tom
"I didn't hear it. I imagined it. A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers, you know"(114).
Myrtle
"I married him because I thought he was a gentleman, I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe"(39).
Daisy
"I never loved him"(139).
Nick
"No- Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elation of men"(67).
Nick
"She's got an indiscreet voice, it's full of --"(127).
Nick
"They're a rotten crowd, you're worth the whole damn bunch put together"(162).
Tom
"We're getting off! I want you to meet my girl"(28).
Daisy
"Well I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything" (21).
Myrtle
Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai-"(41).
Daisy
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"(21).