AFTERNOON in Classic Quotes

1  The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2  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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3  We drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost pastoral, on the summer Sunday afternoon that I wouldn't have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  I have been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon so everything that happened has a dim hazy cast over it although until after eight o'clock the apartment was full of cheerful sun.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold, and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  A reluctant elevator boy went for a box full of straw and some milk to which he added on his own initiative a tin of large hard dog biscuits--one of which decomposed apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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