“Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes. With his hands still in his coat pockets he stalked by me into the hall, turned sharply as if he were on a wire, and disappeared into the living-room.”Tagged: what anxiety feels like, anxiety in literature, Fear, Love, Life
“And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
“Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered 'Listen,' a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a…”Tagged: Beautiful People, Exciting