The Great Gatsby Quotes
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Source: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
"So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight."
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.
Context
Hello, foreshadowing!
This line comes to us in Chapter 7, right before we find out that Myrtle has been killed in a hit and run.
Where you've heard it
If you're in the passenger seat and someone says this...get out.
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.
Does anyone talk like this?