alphalewolf:

He had a heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.

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mirkwoodroses-deactivated201610:

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” 

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michaelscera:

She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.

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buchananjames:

It’s perfect…from your perfect, irresistible imagination

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She was the most frightening person I’d ever seen, but I enjoyed looking at her.

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The Great Gatsby + characters. | Jordan Baker (7/7)

“Well, I don’t care. He gives large parties, and I like large parties - they’re so intimate. Small parties, there isn’t any privacy.”

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