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“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.”
― The Portrait of a Lady
― The Portrait of a Lady
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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