| “When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire.” | Nick |
| “Turning a corner, I saw that it was ______’s house, lit from tower to cellar.” | Gatsby |
| “Your place looks like the World’s fair.” | Nick |
| “He looked at me with suppressed eagerness.” | Gatsby |
| “I talked with Miss Baker. I’m going to call up Daisy to-morrow and invite her over here to tea.” | Nick |
| “I want to get the grass cut.” | Gatsby |
| “Why, I thought–why, look here, old sport, you don’t make much money, do you?” | Gatsby |
| “I’ve got my hands full. I’m much obliged but I couldn’t take on any more work.” | Nick |
| “You wouldn’t have to do any business with Wolfsheim.” | Nick |
| “Don’t bring Tom.” | Nick |
| “This reminded me that I had forgotten to tell my Finn to come back, so I drove into West Egg Village to search for her among soggy whitewashed alleys and to buy some cups and lemons for flowers.” | Nick |
| “_____, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie, hurried in. He was pale, and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath this eyes.” | Gatsby |
| “Finally he got up and informed me, in an uncertain voice, that he was going home.” | Gatsby |
| “Nobody’s coming to tea. It’s too late! I can’t wait all day.” | Gatsby |
| “Don’t be silly; it’s just two minutes to four.” | Nick |
| “_____’s face, tipped sideways beneath a three-cornered lavender hat, looked out at me with a bright ecstatic smile.” | Daisy |
| “Is this absolutely where you live, my dearest one?” | Daisy |
| “Are you in love with me, or why did I have to come alone?” | Daisy |
| “She turned her head as there was a light dignified knocking at the front door. I went out and opened it. _____, pale as death, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.” | Gatsby |
| “I certainly am awfully glad to see you again.” | Daisy |
| “His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock.” | Gatsby |
| “Five years next November.” | Gatsby |
| “This is a terrible mistake, a terrible, terrible mistake.” | Gatsby |
| “You’re acting like a little boy. Not only that, but you’re rude. Daisy’s sitting in there all alone.” | Gatsby |
| “But there was a change in _____ that was simply confounding. He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room.” | Gatsby |
| “My house looks well, doesn’t it? See how the whole front of it catches the light.” | Gatsby |
| “I thought you inherited your money.” | Nick |
| “That huge place there?” | Daisy |
| “I love it, but I don’t see how you live there all alone.” | Daisy |
| “I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people.” | Gatsby |
| “He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.” | Gatsby |
| “They’re such beautiful shirts. It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such–such beautiful shirts before.” | Daisy |
| “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay. You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.” | Daisy |
| “Look at that. I’d like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around.” | Daisy |
| “He lit Daisy’s cigarette from a trembling match, and sat down with her on a couch far across the room, where there was no light save what the gleaming floor bounced in from the hall.” | Gatsby |
| “He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.” | Gatsby |
| “Gatsby didn’t know me at all.” | Nick |
The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Quotes
March 25, 2020