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Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby, and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park. Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission.

People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away.

I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'

Jeg hadde drukket to skylleboller med champagne, og nå betraktet jeg det som foregikk rundt meg, som noe betydningsfullt, primitivt og dypsindig.

" 'Can't repeat the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!' "?

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table. "You always looks so cool", she repeated. She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little and he looked at Gatsby and then back at Daisy as if he just recognized her as someone he knew a long time ago.

Det eneste jeg kunne si, var det eneste som ikke kunne sies, nemlig at det ikke var sant.

Mens jeg satt der og tenkte tilbake på den gamle, ukjente verden, tenkte jeg også på den undringen Gatsby måtte ha følt første gang han oppdaget det grønne lyset ytterst på bryggen nedenfor Daisys hus. Veien til hans blå plen hadde vært lang, og i det øyeblikket hadde hans drøm forekommet ham så nær at han nesten ikke kunne unngå å gripe den. Han visste ikke at drømmen alt lå langt bak ham, et eller annet sted i det store, ukjente hinsides byen, hvor landets mørke enger bølget under nattehimmelen.

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