Can't repeat the past? he cried incredulously. Why of course you can! …

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Can't repeat the past? he cried incredulously. Why of course you can! He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). The Great Gatsby, p.85, Atlântico Press
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Can't repeat the past? he cried incredulously. Why of course you can! He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). The Great Gatsby, p.85, Atlântico Press

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