Post by mrcaldicott on Dec 17, 2014 13:22:29 GMT
Obviously, this list is not fully comphrehensive. It misses many that you have highlighted in your novels:
1. “…an extraordinary gift for hope.”
2. “…foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams…”
3. “It was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy…”
4. “Spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy.”
5. “Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water.”
6. "It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these
other races will have control of things."
7. “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way…I could have sworn he was trembling.”
8. “…A single green light, minute and far away…”
9. “This is a valley of ashes, a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges…”
10. “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York.”
11. “It was a rich cream colour…swollen here and there in its monstrous length…a sort of green leather conservatory…”
12. “His head rested back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock…The clock took this moment to tilt dangerously.”
13. “They’re such beautiful shirts…it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.”
14. “…the colossal vitality of his illusion.”
15. “The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself.”
16. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”
17. “…almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer.”
18. “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.”
19. “I’ll be damned if I see how you got within half a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door.”
20. “…with every word she was drawing further and further into herself…and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away…”
21. “Her left breast was swinging loose like a flap…”
22. “…anybody would have said they were conspiring together.”
23. “There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere…”
24. “They’re a rotten crowd…you’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”
25. “…paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.”
26. “God sees everything.”
27. “…the holocaust was complete.”
28. “What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him.”
29. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…”
30. “a fresh green breast of the new world…”
31. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
1. “…an extraordinary gift for hope.”
2. “…foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams…”
3. “It was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy…”
4. “Spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy.”
5. “Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water.”
6. "It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these
other races will have control of things."
7. “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way…I could have sworn he was trembling.”
8. “…A single green light, minute and far away…”
9. “This is a valley of ashes, a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges…”
10. “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York.”
11. “It was a rich cream colour…swollen here and there in its monstrous length…a sort of green leather conservatory…”
12. “His head rested back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock…The clock took this moment to tilt dangerously.”
13. “They’re such beautiful shirts…it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.”
14. “…the colossal vitality of his illusion.”
15. “The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself.”
16. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”
17. “…almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer.”
18. “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.”
19. “I’ll be damned if I see how you got within half a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door.”
20. “…with every word she was drawing further and further into herself…and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away…”
21. “Her left breast was swinging loose like a flap…”
22. “…anybody would have said they were conspiring together.”
23. “There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere…”
24. “They’re a rotten crowd…you’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”
25. “…paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.”
26. “God sees everything.”
27. “…the holocaust was complete.”
28. “What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him.”
29. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…”
30. “a fresh green breast of the new world…”
31. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”