"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had." - Nick's father

"..a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth."

House is located between two mansion. One of them belongs to Mr. Gatsby.

"My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbour’s lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month."

Tom's wife

Gatsby's past lover

"One of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savours of anticlimax. His family were enormously wealthy."

"He’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that." - Nick

"Sturdy straw-haired man of thirty, with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward."

“This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens.”

I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited—they went there

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. - Nick

"I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men." - Nick

Instead of rambling this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the countryside—East Egg condescending to West Egg, and carefully on guard against its spectroscopic gayety.

Meaning - Instead of being chaotic and colorful like Gatsby’s usual parties, this one maintained a more serious and uniform tone, reflecting the traditional and reserved nature of the East Egg aristocracy. The phrase “East Egg condescending to West Egg” suggests that the elite from East Egg felt superior to the new-money crowd of West Egg and were careful to maintain a sense of distinction and control, avoiding the lively, "spectroscopic" energy of Gatsby’s typical gatherings.

He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor.

Meaning - Nick begins to understand Gatsby’s motivations and dreams

I didn’t want you to think I was just some nobody.

Meaning - Gatsby says this to Nick, showing his insecurity and need for validation. Despite his wealth, he craves recognition and respect.

Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can

Gatsby’s naivety and his determination to live in an idealized version of his memories.

He revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes

Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy’s approval, showing how his wealth exists only to please her.

He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you.

Gatsby’s unrealistic expectations of Daisy and his dream

You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together

This is Nick’s statement to Gatsby, showing his admiration for Gatsby’s idealism, despite the flaws in his pursuit.

I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before

Gatsby’s refusal to accept that the past is unchangeable signals his inability to move forward and the collapse of his dreams.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us

This quote shows how Gatsby’s dream, much like the green light, was always just out of reach.