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The Great Gatsby Love Quotes Page 5
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #13 His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete. (6.134) |
This is the moment when Gatsby went from being a guy with free-roaming ambition to a man with a purpose: to earn Daisy Fay’s hand in marriage. All other aspirations went right out the window and Gatsby’s sole purpose in life was to be with her.
| Quote #14 "Nothing happened," he said wanly. "I waited, and about four o’clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light." (8.3) |
Little does Gatsby know what that pause by the window means when he witnesses it. This is the last time he sees Daisy, and that pause might just be her way of saying good-bye. That gaze out the window does imply that she has mixed emotions about choosing Tom, but that her decision is final.
| Quote #15 "They’re a rotten crowd," I shouted across the lawn. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together." |
You might wonder why the fact that other men have loved Daisy influences how Gatsby feels. Does he view this as a competition? That winning Daisy’s heart really is just a way to prove his worth? This comment makes us question Gatsby’s motives for loving Daisy. Is he deluding himself when he declares that he loves her for who she is? How much does Daisy’s class influence Gatsby’s love of her? Does Gatsby even realize how much it affects the pull of his heart?
