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Quotes from The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald

1896–1940 United States

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Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

Thirty — the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning briefcase of enthusiasm, thinning hair.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply - I was casually sorry, and then I forgot.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

In this heat every extra gesture was an affront to the common store of life.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

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.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited – they went there.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

'Look here, old sport, [...] what's your opinion of me, anyhow?' A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves.

The Great Gatsby (1925)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: F. Scott Fitzgerald (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.