Many people say that the last sentence of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is the greatest final line in literature: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past
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I once had to write a paper about KENTUCKY, and I referenced The Great Gatsby. I wrote about how Nick had obviously never been to "Kentuck" because, if he had, he would have never said that stuff about being "face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder." It was also obvious that Nick was not anticipating Albert Hoffman and his crazy 40's.
Are you kidding? The whole goddamn world flowers for my eyes! I've never been to Kentuck either, but man, if there's trees to dash around and grass to kiss my paws and rabbits to chase like I was Charles fucking Lindbergh, then Kentuck can rival my capacity for wonder! who needs LSD???
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