Gatsby Le Magnifique Quotes

#1. Successfully (whatever that may mean) or unsuccessfully, we all overact the part of our favorite character in fiction.

Aldous Huxley

#2. It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, my life is horrible,' and 'I'm not pretty enough.' How do you know? There's this energy people give off that people can be drawn to.

David Archuleta

#3. Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you're this person you really respect.

Pema Chodron

#4. Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves.

Paul McCartney

#5. And, uh, could I borrow somebody's car? Mine's impounded and I can't reclaim it because I'm kinda legally dead right now.

Craig Schaefer

#6. People will hate you, shake you, and break you, but what you do is what will make you.

Anonymous

#7. I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!

Alicia Sacramone

#8. I breathe because I must, but I write to take your breath away.

J.M. Powers

#9. A story, to me, has a particular sprite, like the angel of the spirit of that story - and it's my job to attend to what it wants to do.

Philip Pullman