Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men, and drowsing asleep at dawn with the beads and chiffon of an evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed. And all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately – and the decision must be made by some force – of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality – that was close at hand.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 8, Daisy is ready to settle down and her ‘artificial world’ is about to be taken over by Tom. She sees in him a life she is accustomed to, he is wealthy, secure and in control.