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What I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald ‧ The Great Gatsby
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An editorial 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.
- Project Gutenberg — The Great GatsbyChapter VI, final paragraphReference checked
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