![]() ![]() It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself.” It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. “He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. In fact, she herself seems to embody those standards, using thoughtless giddiness and materialistic pleasures perhaps to escape the tension of her love for Gatsby while being married to Tom. It reveals a bit about Daisy’s character and values, but is also a reflection of social values during this time.ĭaisy has grown up and still lives in a social environment that doesn’t really value intelligence in women, and while this line feels a bit sardonic, it doesn’t seem that Daisy is exactly challenging those values, either. ![]() This quote, which appears early on in the book as Daisy describes her hopes for her infant daughter to Nick and Jordan. “I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” Below are some of the most famous and significant quotes from The Great Gatsby, along with explanations of their meanings relative to the rest of the text. ![]()
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