A Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, undespairingly, toward that lost voice across the room.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Across Afternoon Away Dead Drawing Dream Every Fought Further Gave Herself Longer Lost Only Room She Struggling Tangible Touch Toward Trying Up Voice Word

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American - Novelist
September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940

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