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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—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
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- F. Scott Fitzgerald
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- Approximate author period: c. 1918 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1896 to 1940; Wikidata Q93354, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93354 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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