When a man gets killed I never like to get mixed up in it in any way.
 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925). copy citation

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Author F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source The Great Gatsby
Topic killing mix
Date 1925
Language English
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“The hair in his nostrils quivered slightly, and as he shook his head his eyes filled with tears. “I can’t do it – I can’t get mixed up in it,” he said. “There’s nothing to get mixed up in. It’s all over now.” “When a man gets killed I never like to get mixed up in it in any way. I keep out. When I was a young man it was different – if a friend of mine died, no matter how, I stuck with them to the end. You may think that’s sentimental, but I mean it – to the bitter end.” I saw that for some reason of his own he was determined not to come, so I stood up.” source