1、Daisy put her arm through his but Gatsby seemed lost in thought. Possibly he had realized that the enormous importance of that light had now gone for ever. To him it had seemed very near to her almost touching her as close as a star to the moon. Now it was just a green light on a dock again.&＃039;Look!&＃039; cried Daisy. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
2、A moment later she rushed out into the darkness waving her hands and shouting. Before he could move it was all over. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
3、If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world and paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. He must have looked up through frightening leaves at a new world full of poor ghosts breathing dreams … like that ashen fantastic figure coming slowly toward him through the trees. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
4、You see I think everything&＃039;s terrible anyway. Everybody thinks so. And I know. I&＃039;ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. Nothing&＃039;s new to me!&＃039; She laughed scornfully.The moment her voice stopped her power over me died away. I felt the basic insincerity of what she had said and it made me uneasy. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
5、They had forgotten me but Daisy looked up and held out her hand; Gatsby didn&＃039;t know me now at all. I looked once more at them and they looked back at me distantly enclosed in their own bright world. Then I went out of the room and down the grand steps into the rain leaving them there together. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
6、With tiny movements that were only the shadows of waves the mattress floated irregularly down the pool carrying its load. A small breath of wind was enough to disturb its accidental journey and the touch of some leaves on the surface made it turn slowly leaving a thin red circle in the water. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
7、I tried to think about Gatsby then for a moment but he was already too far away and I could only remember without anger that Daisy hadn&＃039;t sent a message or a flower.
When it was over we walked quickly through the rain to the cars. Owl-eyes spoke to me by the gate.
&＃039;I couldn&＃039;t get to the house&＃039; he remarked. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
8、When I came back from the East last autumn I felt I wanted the whole world to be in moral uniform all living a highly moral life for ever. I wanted no more wildness no more secrets of the human heart. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
9、Most of the big houses along the shore were closed now for the winter and were in darkness; there was only the shadowy moving light of a ferryboat across the water. And as the moon rose higher the houses slowly began to melt away until I became aware of the old island underneath. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
10、While I watched him his hand took hold of hers and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a sudden rush of feeling. I think that feverish exciting voice of hers held him most because it couldn&＃039;t be dreamed – that voice was a deathless song. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
11、And as I lay there thinking about the old unknown world I thought of Gatsby&＃039;s wonder when he first saw the green light at the end of Daisy&＃039;s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close to him. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
12、He talked a lot about the past and I understood that he wanted to rediscover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and meaningless since then but if he could only return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
13、So we beat onboats against the current.borne back ceaselessly into the past. ----F. Scott Fitzgerald
14、When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire. Two o&＃039;clock in the morning and the whole of the coastline seemed to be in flames. Turning a corner I saw that it was Gatsby&＃039;s house lit from tower to cellar.At first I thought it was another party. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
15、For a moment I thought I loved her. But I said nothing. I knew that first I had to get myself out of that connection back home. For me it had never been more than friendship but there was a sort of understanding between us and that had to be gently broken off before I was free. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
16、&＃039;Look!&＃039; said Daisy suddenly. Her eyes were on her little finger. We all looked. It was black and blue.&＃039;You did it Tom&＃039; she said accusingly. &＃039;I know you didn&＃039;t mean to but you did do it. That&＃039;s what I get for marrying a great big powerful animal of a man."I hate that word animal&＃039; said Tom crossly &＃039;even as a joke.&＃039; ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
17、The sun had risen now on Long Island and we went round the house opening the rest of the downstairs windows. Ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. There was a slow pleasant movement in the air promising a cool lovely day. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
18、&＃039;Why didn&＃039;t he ask you to arrange a meeting?&＃039;&＃039;He wants her to see his house and you live right next door.&＃039;It was dark now and I put my arm round Jordan&＃039;s golden shoulder and drew her toward me. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
19、I began to like New York especially the adventurous feel of it at night. I liked to walk up Fifth Avenue and choose romantic women from the crowd – I used to imagine that in a few minutes I was going to enter their lives and no one would ever know. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
20、From the car window Daisy&＃039;s face looked out at me from under a three-cornered hat with a delighted smile.&＃039;Is this absolutely where you live my dearest one?&＃039;Her lovely voice made the gray day feel brighter. I took her hand to help her from the car.&＃039;Are you in love with me?&＃039; she said low in my ear. &＃039; ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
21、The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart and all they can do is stare blankly. ----F. Scott Fitzgerald
22、They were gone without a word. After a moment or two we left too. Jordan and I got into the coupé with Tom and we started for Long Island. Tom was very pleased with himself talking and laughing all the way but Jordan and I were not listening. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
23、Daisy disappeared into her rich house into her rich full life leaving Gatsby – nothing. He felt married to her that was all
When they met again two days later it was Gatsby who was unsure of himself who would do anything to see her again. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
24、IN THE MEANTIME IN BETWEEN TIME—As I went over to say goodbye I saw the dazed look on Gatsby&＃039;s face again. Was he doubting the quality of his happiness? Almost five years! ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
25、&＃039;Here my dear.&＃039; She felt drunkenly around on the floor and picked up the necklace. &＃039;Give it back to whoever it belongs to. And tell them all Daisy&＃039;s changed her mind!&＃039;She began to cry – she cried and cried. I rushed out and found her mother&＃039;s servant girl. We locked the door and got Daisy into a cold bath. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
26、Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiarly threatening quality – it stands out in my memory from Gatsby&＃039;s other parties that summer. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
27、One autumn night five years before they had been walking down the street. The ground was white with moonlight and they stopped and turned toward each other. It was a cool night but with that mysterious excitement in it which comes as the seasons change. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
28、I see now that this has been a story of the West after all. Tom and Gatsby Daisy and Jordan and I were all Westerners and perhaps there was something missing in every one of us so that we were never able to get used to Eastern life. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
29、Instead of taking the short cut across the lawn we walked down to the road and entered through the main gates. With murmurs of delight Daisy admired the flowers the gardens and the way the mansion stood out against the sky. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
30、Gatsby believed in the green light the future that year by year moves further away from us. It escaped us then but that doesn&＃039;t matter – tomorrow we will run faster stretch out our arms further … And one fine morning …So we beat on boats against the current carried back ceaselessly into the past. ----F· Scott Fitzgerald
