There was not a moving up into vacated places; there was simply an ana…

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There was not a moving up into vacated places; there was simply an anachronistic staying on between a vanishing past and an incalculable future. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2004). The Complete Short Stories and Essays, p.850, Simon and Schuster
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There was not a moving up into vacated places; there was simply an anachronistic staying on between a vanishing past and an incalculable future. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2004). The Complete Short Stories and Essays, p.850, Simon and Schuster

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