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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
The Great Gatsby (1925), Closing linesIn context- The Great Gatsby (1925)
- Notebook E, edited by Edmund Wilson (1945)
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The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way.
“Amory Blaine” in This Side of Paradise (1920) Bk. 2, Ch. 5
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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.