Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind.
("The Great Gatsby")
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I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
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