Цитаты из книги «Великий Гэтсби / The Great Gatsby»

‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’

I’m inclined to reserve all judgments

I’ve been turning over in my mind

Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

After the house, we were to see the grounds and the swimming-pool, and the hydroplane and the midsummer flowers – but outside Gatsby’s window it began to rain again, so we stood in a row looking at the corrugated surface of the Sound.

I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

say another word. His correctness grew on him as

Well, if you’re a poor driver you oughtn’t to try driving at night.’

‘I was brought by a woman named Roosevelt,’