- Jelena Ranđelovićhas quoted6 months ago
The wheelbarrow, the lawnmower,
the sound of poplar trees, leaves whitening
before rain, rooks cawing, brooms knocking, dresses
rustling -- all these were so coloured and distinguished
in his mind that he had already his
private code, his secret language, though he
appeared the image of stark and uncompromising
severity, with his high forehead and his fierce
blue eyes, impeccably candid and pure, - Jelena Ranđelovićhas quoted6 months agoHe was incapable
of untruth; never tampered with a fact; never altered
a disagreeable word to suit the pleasure or
convenience of any mortal being, least of all of
his own children, who, sprung from his loins,
should be aware from childhood that life is
difficult; facts uncompromising; and the passage to
that fabled land where our brightest hopes are
extinguished, our frail barks founder in darkness (here
Mr. Ramsay would straighten his back and narrow
his little blue eyes upon the horizon), one that needs,
above all, courage, truth, and the power to endure. - linda munseyhas quoted5 days ago
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”Advice that his father gave him when he was younger. Basiclly telling him not to judge anyone cuz they dont have the same advanages as him. That he is privilged. Quote is from father to son.
- linda munseyhas quoted5 days agoIn consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.
He took the advice that his father gave him to heart. Due to that he has been able to experince more curiousities cuz he didnt judge them.
- linda munseyhas quoted5 days agoReserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.
A hope to continue to learn about more curosities. Talks about himself
- linda munseyhas quoted5 days agoI am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.
he knows not everyone is born equal Talks about himself
- linda munseyhas quoted5 days agoAnd, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit.
Realized that resevering his judgements to himself can not go on forever. Talks about himself
- linda munseyhas quoted5 days agoWhen I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.
It seems like he has gotten tired of the curosities of people or just tired of always being the therapist friend. Being the person people always go to? Talks about himself
- linda munseyhas quoted5 days agoGatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.
Gatsby is a symbol of what the narrator has a comtempt or dislike towards the way the rich people do things. talks about gatsby
- linda munseyhas quoted5 days agoThis responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the “creative temperament.”— it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again
puts gatsby on a pedastal cuz he sees a quality in him that no one else has. he is glazing him. Talks about gatsby