“Gatsby's notoriety, spread about by the hundreds who had accepted his hospitality and so become authorities upon his past, had increased all summer until he fell just short of being news.Chapter 6 · Narrator · ★★☆☆☆→
“Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state under a white-plum tree.Chapter 6 · Narrator · ★★☆☆☆→
“"I don't think she ever loved him." Gatsby turned around from a window and looked at me challengingly. "You must remember, old sport, she was very excited this afternoon. He told her those things in a way that frightened her—that made it look as if I was some kind of cheap sharper."Chapter 8 · Jay Gatsby · ★★☆☆☆→