Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by y…

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Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther ... And one fine morning --- ✨ Great Gatsby (1925) ch. 9
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Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther ... And one fine morning --- ✨ Great Gatsby (1925) ch. 9

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