I couldnβt forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisyβthey smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. β¨ The Great Gatsby ch. 9 (1925)
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- He's sensitive and I don't want him to break his heart over somebody who doesn't care about him. β¨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry β¦ βΆ
- Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window. β¨ The Great Gatsby ch. 1 (1925)
- God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God! β¨ F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli (1991). F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, p.12 β¦ βΆ
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