Quotes & Sayings About Themes In The Great Gatsby

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine. — Kurt Vonnegut

The root difficulty in all cases was the state of being blind and deaf to words
not seeing the words for the prose. Being adults, they had forgotten what every child understands, which is giving and taking a meaning is not automatic and inevitable — Jacques Barzun

All right, all right, have it your own way! I can't prove I'm right - so I must be wrong. Men! — Robert A. Heinlein

If someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance. — Dalai Lama

Worry less about solutions from the top or the idea that there is a solution, but try to do whatever you can and instill in each action the values that you want to result. — Gloria Steinem

I am a freeman and jolly as a beggar. — Rutherford B. Hayes

Or maybe they were just doing it for fun. A lark. Their religion is tolerant of extreme forms of recreation. Boys will be boys, after all, and sociopathic boys will be sociopathic. — Dean Koontz