Great Gatsby Turning Point Quotes & Sayings

At times, I have been convinced that books hold all the material of life
at least all the stuff that fits between an A and a Z. — Abelardo Morell

I told myself that in the country of my birth, from which I was disengaged in an increasingly irreversible way, there undoubtedly were many men and women like him, basically decent people who had dreamed all their lives of the economic, social, cultural, and political progress that would transform Peru into a modern, prosperous, democratic society with opportunities open to all, only to find themselves repeatedly frustrated, and, like Uncle Ataulfo, had reached old age - the very brink of death - bewildered, asking themselves why we were moving backward instead of advancing and were worse off now with more discrimination, inequality, violence, and insecurity than when they were starting out — Edith Grossman

The ultimate success of a product or service is 10 percent product quality and 90 percent sales. Nine — Darren Hardy

27Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. — Anonymous

Hey, Axi. What's the difference between a doctor and a lawyer?" I knew this joke - it was one of Robinson's standards. And I was only half-surprised he was trotting it out now. Playing along, I said, "I don't know. What?" "A lawyer will rob you; a doctor will rob you and kill you, too. — James Patterson

Maybe my dad just didn't need words to get by in the world. I wasn't like that. Well, I was like that on the outside, pretending not to need words. But I wasn't like that on the inside.
I'd figured something out about myself: on the inside, I wasn't like my dad at all. On the inside I was more like Dante. That really scared me. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

A common misconception about strong women is that we don't need the hand-holding, the flowers, and the nice gestures, and what I've found to be true is that it's the strong women who want it the most. — Nicole Curtis

A woman would know all right about her own husband. — Agatha Christie

A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit. — Hannah More

To have a child when you're older, it wrenches you up out of your nap and makes you look at things, you know, afresh. It forces the world on you. And I think it's a good thing. — Cormac McCarthy

I am not that creative. And therefore you must be real. — Rick Moody

What do you not have, Lord Hardford?" she asked. "For no one has everything, you know, or even nearly everything. — Mary Balogh

To leave, after all, was not the same as being left. — Anita Shreve