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"And with the awful realization that New York was a city after all and not a universe, the whole shining edifice that he had reared in his imagination came crashing to the ground. [...]

Thus I take leave of my lost city. Seen from the ferry boat in the early morning, it no longer whispers of fantastic success and eternal youth. [...]

So perhaps I am destined to return some day and find in the city new experiences that so far I have only read about. For the moment I can only cry out that I have lost my splendid mirage. Come back, come back, O glittering and white!"

- F.Scott Fitzgerald, My Lost City

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"I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, My Lost City

Date: 2002-03-08 04:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meadowgirl.livejournal.com
He is by far my favorite author. I adore Fitzgerald!! ahhhhh must drag out all the books this weekend now and reminisce. =)

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