I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repel... - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away."

"Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."

"Ah,"she cried, "you look so cool."Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table.You always look so cool,"she repeated.She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw."

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

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