Quotes from workThe Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is an opera in two acts written by American composer John Harbison. The libretto, also by Harbison, was adapted from the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Additional popular song lyrics were by Murray Horwitz. The opera was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in honor of music director James Levine's 25th anniversary with the company.
“So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Source: The Great Gatsby
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Source: The Great Gatsby (1925), ch. 9
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Source: The Great Gatsby
“The words seemed to bite physically into Gatsby.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Source: The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Variant: They're a rotten lot," I shouted, across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.
Source: The Great Gatsby
