TREE in Classic Quotes

1  Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state under a white plum tree.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6

2  The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves.

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

3  They were still under the white plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale thin ray of moonlight between.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6

4  There was nothing to look at from under the tree except Gatsby's enormous house, so I stared at it, like Kant at his church steeple, for half an hour.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5

5  At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden.

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

6  I walked out the back way--just as Gatsby had when he had made his nervous circuit of the house half an hour before--and ran for a huge black knotted tree whose massed leaves made a fabric against the rain.

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5