There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.

“The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platon…”

“لقد كان رجل زوجته لا رجل نفسه.”

“I must hold in balance the sense of the futility of effort and the sense of the…”

“The instant her voice broke off ceasing to compel my attention, my belief, I fe…”