So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceasele... - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"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."

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

"And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy."

"I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity."

"I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."