(…) treptat, am inteles ca ma aflu pe batrana insula care odinioara rasarise infloritoare dinaintea navigatorilor olandezi - un sân verde, plin de prospetime, al Lumii Noi. (…) pret de o clipa trecatoare, fascinanta, omul trebuie sa-si fi tinut rasuflarea la aparitia acestui continent, trezindu-se, fara voie, intr-o stare de contemplatie estetica pe care nici n-o intelegea si nici nu si-o dorea, faţa-n faţa, pentru ultima oara in istorie, cu ceva pe masura capacitatii lui de a se minuna.
(Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Marele Gatsby, 1925)
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