thanks to Clotho98 on Flickr for letting me use this image

Or to give the quote in full:

Anyhow, he gives large parties,” said Jordan, changing the subject with an urban distaste for the concrete. “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.

The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald

Call me morally bankrupt, but I could quite fancy going to a Great Gatsby party, just once… thought I did read a brilliant article on The Atlantic about “the sublime cluelessness of throwing lavish Gatsby parties” which said “it’s a bit like throwing a Lolita-themed children’s birthday party.”

So, I won’t be throwing my own. But if you happen to be planning one, be sure to invite me.