“They knew the difference between thoroughness and overkill. It was like Jay Gatsby's library: the books were real, but the pages were… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his platonic conception of himself.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I'm like Jay Gatsby. I like to throw the party and then stand back, looking gorgeous. Stand back and watch it. — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
“Like so many of the other books I read, it never seemed to me like a book, but like a place I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Meeting Enzo changed everything. It was Mark Twain getting on a bus and sitting down next to Huck Finn. Or F. Scott… — Chelsea Sedoti Copy Share Image
“Even before the letter he'd been divided: one part of him swanning with Jay Gatsby around an imaginary Gotham; the other part… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
“And in it's magical pattern there was now a new element, a new glow, a cast of a golden colour which suffused… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“But he knew that he was in Daisy's house by a colossal accident. However glorious might be his future as Jay Gatsby,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I was flattered that she wanted to speak to me, because of all the older girls I admired her most. She asked… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Where the road sloped upwards beyond the trees, I sat and looked towards the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Where the road sloped upward beyond the trees, I sat and looked toward the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“I realized that these people who ran the country were all from these very dark backgrounds, which they had hidden, and that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I am drawn to Tom Sawyer Island because a tribute to Mark Twain would not be out of place in a theme… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“It starts so young, and I'm angry about that. The garbage we're taught. About love, about what's "romantic." Look at so many… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
