PRESENCE in Classic Quotes

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1  After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
2  I think that, except for my presence, he would have taken one short glance beneath our own table.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4
3  I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
4  Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness--it stands out in my memory from Gatsby's other parties that summer.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
5  Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
6  He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
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