I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's som…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2002). F. Scott Fitzgerald: Trimalchio: An Early Version of 'The Great Gatsby', p.100, Cambridge University Press
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