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“Fitzgerald could sense that America was poised on the edge of a vast transformation, and wrote a novel bridging his moment and ours. The Great Gatsby made manifest precisely what Fitzgerald’s contemporaries couldn’t bear to see, and thus it is not only the Jazz Age novel par excellence, but also the harbinger of its decline and fall.”

Made Moments Age America Fall Novel Bears Transformation Jazz Excellence Edges Manifest Decline Harbinger Jazz Age

Book:Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

Source: Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

“There were moments of despondency when Shakespeare thought himself no poet, and Raphael no painter; when the greatest wits have doubted the excellence of their happiest efforts.”

Moments Effort Poet Excellence Wit Painter Melancholy Doubted Raphael Despondency

Author:Charles Caleb Colton

“We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.”

Ifs Moments Can Do Excellence Let It Go Redos

Book:Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers

Source: Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers

“a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.”

Moments Alive Genius Excellence Masterpiece

Book:Writing in the Dark, Dancing in The New Yorker: An Arlene Croce Reader

Source: Writing in the Dark, Dancing in The New Yorker: An Arlene Croce Reader

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