The Great Gatsby Quotes
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Source: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?" cried Daisy, "and the day after that, and the next thirty years?"
"Don't be morbid," Jordan said. "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
Context
Here we are in Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, and the misery keeps coming. Daisy sees life as an unending round of boredom that eventually ends in death; Jordan sees it as a constant cycle of renewal.
Too bad they're both miserable.
Where you've heard it
Ever hung out with a bunch of bored people on a summer afternoon?
There's only so much Final Fantasy a person can play.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Hey, it's better than using the word ennui.