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He talked a lot about the past...

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

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But his heart was in a constan...

But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.

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You're a rotten driver,' I pro...

You're a rotten driver,' I protested. 'Either you ought to be more careful or you oughtn't to drive at all.' 'I am careful.' 'No, you're not.' 'Well, other people are,' she said lightly. 'What's that got to do with it?' 'They'll keep out of my way,' she insisted. 'It takes two to make an accident.' 'Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself.' 'I hope I never will,' she answered. 'I hate careless people. That's why I like you.' Her grey, sun-strained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shift

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Then I grew up, and the beauty...

Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.

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The truth was that Jay Gatsby,...

The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of GodЂ'a phrase which, if it means anything, means just thatЂ'and he must be about His Father's Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty.

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...the test of a first-rate in...

...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the 'impossible,' come true.

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Then it had not been merely th...

Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendour.

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Everything that begins, begins...

Everything that begins, begins with blood.

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Someday I'm going to find some...

Someday I'm going to find somebody and love him and love him and never let him go.

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I learned a little of beauty--...

I learned a little of beauty-- enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth...

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I won't kiss you. It might get...

I won't kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can't get rid of habits.

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Her fine high forehead sloped ...

Her fine high forehead sloped gently up to where her hair, bordering it like an armorial shield, burst into lovelocks and waves and curlicues of ash blonde and gold. Her eyes were bright, big, clear, wet and shining, the colour of her cheeks was real, breaking close to the surface from the strong young pump of her heart. Her body hovered delicately on the last edge of childhood -- she was almost eighteen, nearly complete, but the dew was still on her.

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Don't forget who you are and w...

Don't forget who you are and where you come from.

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The ability to hold two compet...

The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind

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We must leave this terrifying ...

We must leave this terrifying place to-morrow and go searching for sunshine.

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She wanted to crawl into his p...

She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.

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I was thirty. Before me stretc...

I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.

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...one emotion after another c...

...one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture.

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Then he kissed her. At his lip...

Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.

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I suppose books mean more than...

I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway

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