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Quotation from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness”
The Great Gatsby, Chapter IX (Project Gutenberg #64317 (1925 text))
After meeting Tom on Fifth Avenue, Nick passes his final judgment on the Buchanans.
Citation: "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness" — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter IX (Project Gutenberg #64317 (1925 text)). (id the-great-gatsby-q6)
Portrait: The Great Gatsby Cover 1925 Retouched, Francis Cugat (cover art); Charles Scribner's Sons, Public domain.
