“They saw me. Milton's smile curled off his face like unsticky tape. And I knew immediately, I was a boy band, a boondoggle, born fool. He was going to pull a Danny Zuko in Grease when Sandy says hello to him in front of the T-Birds, a Mrs. Robinson when she tells Elaine she didn't seduce Benjamin, a Daisy when she chooses Tom with the disposition of a sour kiwi over Gatsby, a self-made man, a man engorged with dreams, who didn't mind throwing a pile of shirts around a room if he wanted too. My heart landslided. My legs earthquaked.” DisappointmentBetrayalCrueltyNervousDenialRejectionRudeEmbarrassmentPop CultureTeenagersMoviesGreaseThe Great GatsbyRude AwakeningJay GatsbyDaisy BuchananThe GraduateTom Buchanan Book:Special Topics in Calamity Physics Source: Special Topics in Calamity Physics
“Young men just don't drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island.” Tom Buchanan Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald