Thursday, December 15, 2011

3 Gatsby quotes


  In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten that most of his female guests were too young to know one from another - Chapter 3

"I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that's the idea you can count me out." - Chapter 7

"It excited him, too, that many men had already loved Daisy--it increased her value in his eyes." - Chapter 8

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

G.G Chapter 3 and 4 quotes

In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten that most of his female guests were too young to know one from another. Page 41 chp. 3

 Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word. page 42 chp.3

"Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once." A thrill passed over all of us. The three Mr. Mumbles bent forward and listened eagerly. page 46 chp 3

I had taken two finger-bowls of champagne, and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound. page 50 chp 3

It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. page 51 chp 3

Reach me a rose, honey, and pour me a last drop into that there crystal glass." 60 chp 4

It was the first time he had called on me, though I had gone to two of his parties, mounted in his hydroplane, and, at his urgent invitation, made frequent use of his beach. 63 chp 4

He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand. 64 chp 4

"Well, I'm going to tell you something about my life," he interrupted. "I don't want you to get a wrong idea of me from all these stories you hear." 65 chp 4

"I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year." 69 chp 4