"Gatsby believed in the greenlight, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter -- to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther ... and one fine morning--
So we beat on boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
* The month of January is named after the roman god Janus - patron of doorways and beginnings. He is usually depicted with two faces; one looking forward, and the other looking back. I've been thinking about that a lot in this first week of the new year.
So beautiful, Sam :) I had no idea where the word January came from and love it even more now!
ReplyDeletei love this. i've been doing much reflecting and looking forward this week, both of which i feel are very important exercises. happy 2011!
ReplyDeletesam, i feel the SAME way about joanna!
ReplyDeletehere's a "mixed tape" i made....
http://www.mediafire.com/myfiles.php#0,1
i heart the great gatsby. one of my most favorite books. ever.
ReplyDeleteLauren I think it is my favorite final page of a book ever! (can you believe I had never read it before?)
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