Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is ali... - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired."

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."

"You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me."

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

"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."