Great Gatsby Quotes

In my younger and more vulnerable days my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, “ he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” P. 1

There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.   P. 81

“What’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon?” cried Daisy, “and the day after that, and the next thirty years?”  P. 118

"Don't be morbid," Jordan said.  "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."  P. 118

“Her voice is full of money,” he said suddenly.  P. 120

Gatsby believed in that green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.  It eluded us then, but that’s no matter---tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . and one fine morning---

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.  P. 182


Nick Carraway: You can't repeat the past.
Jay Gatsby: Can't repeat the past?
Nick Carraway: No...
Jay Gatsby: Why, of course you can... of course you can.