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The Great Gatsby ‧ 1925
What I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Almost is the painful word here. Nick reaches for a memory, but the words disappear before he can catch them. The feeling remains, made sharper by the sense that he came so close.
Sources (1)
- Project Gutenberg — The Great GatsbyChapter VI, final paragraphReference checked
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