TOUCHED in Classic Quotes

1  He touched his head impressively and I nodded.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9

2  They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale--and yet they weren't unhappy either.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7

3  There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked--and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1

4  Their interest rather touched me and made them less remotely rich--nevertheless, I was confused and a little disgusted as I drove away.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1

5  They had never been closer in their month of love nor communicated more profoundly one with another than when she brushed silent lips against his coat's shoulder or when he touched the end of her fingers, gently, as though she were asleep.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8

6  When the "Jazz History of the World" was over girls were putting their heads on men's shoulders in a puppyish, convivial way, girls were swooning backward playfully into men's arms, even into groups knowing that some one would arrest their falls--but no one swooned backward on Gatsby and no French bob touched Gatsby's shoulder and no singing quartets were formed with Gatsby's head for one link.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3