Campus Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
““The grass is full of ghosts tonight.' 'The whole campus is alive with them.' They paused by Little and watched the moon rise, to make silver of the slate roof of Dodd and blue the rustling trees. 'You know,' whispered Tom, 'what we feel now is the sense of all the gorgeous youth that has rioted through here in two hundred years.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Great Gatsby, 1925
The passage evokes a nostalgic, haunting atmosphere where the past lingers like ghosts, and the present is tinged with youthful longing and melancholy.
In simple terms: Night feels haunted and nostalgic.
Key Takeaway
Embrace the fleeting beauty of youth.
Themes
nostalgia
memory
youth
haunting
romance
Mood
melancholic
reflective
poetic
Type
literary
descriptive
When to use this quote
- college campus walks
- nighttime reflections
- literary analysis
- creative writing
- historical tours
Key Concepts
transience
collective memory
place attachment
Questions to Reflect On
- What personal memories haunt you at night?
- How does place shape collective memory?
A Different Perspective
The metaphor may romanticize decay, overlooking real hardships.
![“One of the things that Claire [ McCaskill] and I are trying to do is put systems on campus in place so that a survivor knows who to talk to - that there's somebody who's an expert on their campus that will know all their options from day one and really empower them to make their own decision about…” quote by Kirsten Gillibrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fab/kirsten-gillibrand-3719_campus_one-of-the-things-that-claire-mccaskill_108667.jpg)
