When I said you were a particular friend of Tom’s, he started to abandon the whole idea. He doesn’t know very much about Tom, though he says he’s read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy’s name.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 4. Jordan tells Nick that Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy to his house and let Gatsby come over. Gatsby has read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy’s name, she says. He is devoted to, or obsessed with Daisy.