English Paper 2 Quotes

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 quote about women (Daisy)

They were careless people — Tom and Daisy, they smashed things up and then retreated back into their money and let other people clean up the mess they had made

The Great Gatsby quote; Nick’s opinion on Tom and Daisy

He stretched out his arms towards the dark water… I… distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away

The Great Gatsby quote; Gatsby’s longing for Daisy

He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, an idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy

The Great Gatsby quote; Gatsby’s infatuation with the idea of Daisy

Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay

Frankenstein quote; monster not wanting to be created

I had never yet seen a being resembling me, or who claimed any intercourse with me. What was I?

Frankenstein quote; importance of family and companionship for a sense of identity

A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me

Frankenstein quote; parenthood and creation

I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend

Frankenstein quote; monster turning evil from neglect

From now on, forget happiness. Now its just about saving the remains, the wreckage, the appearance

A Doll’s House quote; Torvald’s true nature

Voilà que Madame Ratignolle est jalouse

The Awakening quote; shows the bilingual conversation, reflecting how people talked in French Creole society. Ratignolle replies in English

“Are those two married over there — leaning on each other?” 

“Of course not,”

The Awakening quote; how marriage is related to unhappiness

I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children, but I wouldn’t give myself.

The Awakening quote; how Edna would give up everything but herself

I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier’s possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I choose

The Awakening quote; Edna claiming her autonomy