Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him. [- Nick Carroway]

As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way and denied so vehemently an knowledge of his movements that I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table--the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.

Those days are over. I have to be won all over again every time you see me.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go

The victor belongs to the spoils.