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Chapter 7

A hot day in the city. Daisy cannot say she never loved Tom. On the drive home Myrtle is killed. Daisy was driving.

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DaisyhitsMyrtleandruns

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4 quotes in this chapter.

Her voice is full of money

Gatsby · Chapter 7 · money · love · class

Nick could not name what was in Daisy's voice. Gatsby could. Money.

I did love him once—but I loved you too

Daisy · Chapter 7 · love · honesty

Gatsby needs her to say she never loved Tom. She cannot say it cleanly.

The "death car" as the newspapers called it, didn't stop

Nick · Chapter 7 · death · class

Daisy is driving. Myrtle runs into the road. The car does not stop.

I never loved you

Gatsby (what he wants Daisy to say) · Chapter 7 · love · the past

Four years, wiped with one sentence. Daisy will not give him that sentence.

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The words of the book come from Project Gutenberg, ebook 64317, the 1925 text (public domain in the United States). Cover art by Francis Cugat, 1925, public domain. Notes by Akash Wadhwani. Copy it. Print it. Share it. No sign-up.
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