YORK in Classic Quotes

1  As for Tom, the fact that he "had some woman in New York" was really less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  Well, he wasn't always a butler; he used to be the silver polisher for some people in New York that had a silver service for two hundred people.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin which stretched tight over her rather wide hips as Tom helped her to the platform in New York.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  I went up to New York with Tom on the train one afternoon and when we stopped by the ashheaps he jumped to his feet and taking hold of my elbow literally forced me from the car.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  About half way between West Egg and New York the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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