The Great Gatsby - Quote Review

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"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

Owl Eyes

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2

"God known what you've been doing...You may fool me, but you can't fool God"

George Wilson

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3

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

Meyer Wolfsheim

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4

"Civilization's going to pieces...It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things"

Tom

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5

"All right...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"

Daisy

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6

"And now she's going whether she wants to or not. I'm going to get her away."

George Wilson

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7

"It takes two to make an accident. I don't like careless people. That's why I like you."

Jordon

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8

"I'd like to get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around."

Daisy

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9

"It's really his wife that's keeping them apart. She's a catholic, and they don't believe in divorce"

Catherine (Myrtle's sister)

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10

"Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can."

Gatsby

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11

"Daisy, Daisy, Daisy! I'll say it whenever I want to"

Myrtle

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12

"Tom's got some woman in New York."

Jordon

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13

"I'd like to get one of those police dogs."

Myrtle

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14

"When I saw the box of dog biscuits...I sat down and cried like a baby..."

Tom

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15

"It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me."

Gatsby

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16

"He had a dress suit and patent leather shoes, and I couldn't keep my eyes off him..."

Myrtle

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17

"I decided to go east and learn the bond business. Everybody I knew was in the bond business, so I supposed it could support one more single man."

Nick

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18

"I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. Sophisticated - God, I'm sophisticated!"

Daisy

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19

"He went to Oggsford College in England. You know Oggsford College?"

Meyer Wolfsheim

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20

"Jimmy was bound to get ahead"

Henry Gats (Jays Father)

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21

"He wants her to see his house... and your house in right next door."

Jordon

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22

"I'm sorry about the clock"

Gatsby

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23

"...You're rude. Daisy's sitting in there all alone"

Nick

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24

"When are you going to sell me that car?"

George Wilson

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25

"I married him because I thought he was a gentlemen."

Myrtle

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26

"The God dam*ed coward! He didn't even stop his car"

Tom

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27

"You remind me of a - of a rose, an absolute rose"

Daisy

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28

"Now it was again a green light on the dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one"

Nick

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29

"Yeah, Gatsby's very careful about women. He would never so much look at a friend's wife"

Meyer Wolfsheim

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30

"In the morning, in the evening, ain't we got fun - "

Klipsringer

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31

"He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919"

Gatsby

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32

"An Oxford man! Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit.

Tom

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33

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

Nick

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34

"They're a rotten crowd...You're worth the whole da*n bunch put together"

Nick

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