Careful Quote by John Green

“We have a bad habit of seeing books as sort of cheaply made movies where the words do nothing but create visual narratives in…

— John Green

“A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can't not like 'The Great Gatsby.' It's got the best sentences in, like, ever.

— John Green

“Why do writers use symbolism?” Okay, so let’s say you have a headache and you wanna tell someone about it and you say, “I…

— John Green

“Jacob laughed along with Chip in a fake, Great Gatsby, old-money sort of voice, obviously mocking my brother.”

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the…

— Tom Perrotta

Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I think everyone has some sort of connection to Gatsby as a character... he's created himself according to his own emotions and dreams and…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

It's pathetic, but I don't really remember my first time reading 'The Great Gatsby.' I must have read it in high school. I'm pretty…

— Susan Choi

“To Scottie June 12, 1940 p.451 ...don't take the things in which you can get 'A', for you can learn them yourself. Try something…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald