he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). The Great Gatsby, p.117, Oldcastle Books
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he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). The Great Gatsby, p.117, Oldcastle Books

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