Me gustaba pasear por la Quinta Avenida y elegir a alguna mujer romántica entre la multitud e imaginar que, en cinco minutos, yo entraría en su vida, y que nunca lo sabría nadie ni nadie lo desaprobaría.

“There was a pause. Then she smiled and the corners of her mouth drooped and an …”

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures a…”

“One autumn night, five years before, they had been walking down the street when…”

“I never understood what common sense mean applied to a complicated problems.”