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Explanation of the famous quotes in The Great Gatsby, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
- Class
The “things” they “smash up” in the course of the novel...
- Love and Marriage
Nick suggests that Gatsby’s obsession with this plan does...
- The American Dream
Gatsby is stretching his arms toward the green light at the...
- Chapter 1
Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was...
- Tom Buchanan
Quotes The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan Previous Next [Daisy’s]...
- Jay Gatsby
Quotes The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby Previous Next If...
- The Green Light
More than anyone else in the novel, Gatsby attained great...
- Class
The Great Gatsby Quotes. 45 of the best book quotes from The Great Gatsby. 01. “So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.” F. Scott Fitzgerald. author. The Great Gatsby. book. Nick Carraway. character. death. concept. 02. “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.” F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1925
- “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
- “I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
- “Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
- “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” ― Fitzgerald F. Scott, The Great Gatsby.
Find the quotes you need in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, sortable by theme, character, or chapter. From the creators of SparkNotes.
Gatsby’s words reflect his steadfast belief in his ability to reclaim his past with Daisy, which is central to the plot, and also reflects the larger theme of the futile struggle against time and fate. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”.
We've rounded up a collection of important quotes by and about the main characters, quotes on the novel's major themes and symbols, and quotes from each of The Great Gatsby's chapters. In turn, each of the Great Gatsby quotes is followed by some brief analysis and explanation of its significance.
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Famous quotes and literary analysis with contextual explanations from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.