“Open the whisky, Tom,' she ordered, 'and I'll make you a mint julep. Then you won't seem so stupid to yourself... Look at the mint!”

“Have a drink Tom and then you won't feel so foolish to yourself.”

“The notion originated with Daisy’s suggestion that we hire five bath-rooms and take cold baths, and then assumed more tangible form as “a place to have a mint julep.” Each of us said over and over that it was a “crazy idea.”—we all talked at once to a baffled clerk and thought, or pretended to think, that we were being very funny...”

“Ah," she cried, "you look so cool." Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table.You always look so cool," she repeated.She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.”

“A boldogság-jegyezte meg egyszer Maury Noble- nem több, mint egy különösen elviselhetetlen nyomorúság megszünését követő egy óra.”

“Te mondod folyton, hogy az embernek egyre több dolgot kell megismernie, és ha ezt abbahagyja, olyan lesz, mint a többi ember, és hogy addig kell elérnie valamit, míg ezt a folytonos megismerést abba nem hagyja.”

“Clark," she said softly, "I wouldn't change you for the world. You're sweet the way you are. The things that'll make you fail I'll love always-- the living in the past, the lazy days and nights you have, and all your carelessness and generosity.”