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About F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“I wouldn’t ask too much of her,” I ventured. “You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!”
— Nick and Gatsby (exchange) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter 6
Her voice is full of money.
— Jay Gatsby (dialogue) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter 7
You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.
— Jay Gatsby (dialogue) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter 5
I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before. She’ll see.
— Jay Gatsby (dialogue) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter 6
Your wife doesn’t love you. She’s never loved you. She loves me.
— Jay Gatsby (dialogue) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter 7
In any case, it was just personal.
— Jay Gatsby (dialogue) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter 8
What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?
— Jay Gatsby (dialogue) · F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter 8

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