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She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one- the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul.

Oh, what did it matter? This night, this glow, the cessation of anxiety and the sense that if living was not purposeful it was, at any rate, essentially romantic!

it's the paternal instinct, Amory—celibacy goes deeper than the flesh. . . .

my yacht. I don't mind going for a coupla hours' cruise. I'll even lend you that book so you'll have something to read on the revenue

They're a rotten crowd," I shouted across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.

Detesto a la gente descuidada. Por eso me gustas tú. Sus ojos grises entrecerrados debido a la luz miraban hacia el frente, pero de manera deliberada ella había cambiado nuestras relaciones, y por un momento pensé que la amaba.

So she dances around the room to a tune from down-stairs, her arms outstretched to an imaginary partner, the cigarette waving in her hand.)

Amory felt an immense desire to give people a sense of security.

The lights of many battleships drifting like water jewels upon the dark Hudson...

Anyhow, he gives large parties," said Jordan, changing the subject with an urban distaste for the concrete. "And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy.

I'll tell you God's truth." His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by.

It was Dick's car, a Renault so dwarfish

Sometimes I wish I'd been an Englishman; American life is so damned dumb and stupid and healthy.

After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence.

She looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face, as if she had asserted her membership in a rather distinguished secret society to which she and Tom belonged.

He was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of movement that is so peculiarly American—

But, of course, you've either got to amuse people or feed 'em or shock 'em. Marjorie had culled this from Oscar Wilde.

So, for the shoddiness of needs, are shoes made out of last year's hide.

that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

epigram, than which, if one is content with ostensible

Sacrifice by its very nature was arrogant and impersonal; sacrifice should be eternally supercilious. Weep not for me but for thy children.

And his mind strong and subtle like the mind of Cuchulin

He asked her if she thought he was conceited. She said there was a difference between conceit and self-confidence. She adored self-confidence in men.

We all turned and looked around for Gatsby. It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.