It was lonely for a day or so until one morning some man, more recently arrived than I, stopped me on the road.
“How do you get to West Egg village?” he asked helplessly.
I told him. And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
“How do you get to West Egg village?” he asked helplessly.
I told him. And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
NB: Ok, so the book sucked ass, but this passage really hit home when I read it...try and take it metaphorically, I'm sure you'll understand.
it IS a good passage...
ReplyDeletethe book sucked, though? how disappointing.. it's one of those books i've always wanted to read and know i'll never get round to unless it lands in my lap...