Book: The Great Gatsby. Page 1

I think still in the world nothing good, ' she continued earnestly. And everyone, even the smartest, most advanced people. And I don't just believe, I know. I've been everywhere, seen everything, tried everything. - She defiantly glared quite like That, and she laughed with thrilling scorn. - Highly experienced and -- God, I'm.

James Gatz - that was his real name or, at least, legitimate name.

- Such beautiful shirts, she cried, and soft folds of fabric muffled her voice. I am so sad, because I have never seen such beautiful shirts.

By a strange coincidence, ' I said.
And it's not a coincidence.
- What do you mean?
Gatsby purposely bought the house, because he knew that Daisy would be just across the Bay.

I was a bridesmaid. Half an hour before the wedding dinner I went to her room and saw her lying on the bed in his embroidered with flowers dress, good as evening in June, and drunk as a skunk. In one hand she had a bottle of Sauternes and the other a letter.

... He was looking at her in a way every girl dreams that someday she will look.

She laughed again, as if he'd said something supremely witty, and for a moment he held my hand, looking me in the eyes with a look as if she has never had a more ardent wish than to see me. She knew how to look.

And I imagined that I too in a rush, waiting for the fun and sharing their intimate excitement, I wished these people good.

If one brick was removed to collapse the whole building.

I've been here, but I was there too, fascinated and at the same time scared endless variety of life.

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.

... and again to be the most narrow of all professionals - the so-called broad-minded.

I'm still afraid of missing something if I forget that flair to basic moral values allotted to nature is not all to the same degree.

She felt self-conscious among those who simply never could have imagined that there are things not quite consistent with the generally accepted norms of behavior.