It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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