".There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart"
"Can't repeat the past!"
"Old sport."
"In consequence, I am inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)