Jay gatsby famous quote

"... what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men."

"Meyer Wolfsheim? No, he's a gambler." Gatsby hesitated, then added coolly: "He's the man who fixed the World's Series back in 1919." "Fixed the World's Series?" I repeated. [ ...] "Why isn't he in jail?""They can't get him, old sport. He's a smart man." (112-118)

This New America does not have room for pure-hearted dreamers such as Gatsby, but it certainly does have room for corrupt, smart criminals such as Meyer Wolfsheim.