He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to… — Nick Carraway — in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925)

He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy.

Nick Carraway — in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925)

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What turned up: The Great Gatsby (1925); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Nick Carraway, a fictional character, in The Great Gatsby (1925). Chapter VI. He refers to Gatsby; Nick reflects on Gatsby’s attempt to recover his earlier self.
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Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 21 October 2026The Great Gatsby (1925); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Nick Carraway, a fictional character, in The Great Gatsby (1925). Chapter VI. He refers to Gatsby; Nick reflects on Gatsby’s attempt to recover his earlier self.

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