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Past events, it is argued, have no objective existence, but survive only in written record and in human memories. The past is whatever the records and the memories agree upon. And since the Party is in full control of all records and in equally full control of the minds of its members, it follows that the past is whatever the Party chooses to make it.

– George Orwell

1984. Part 2, Chapter 9. Winston reading from Emmanuel Goldstein’s book The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism. A reminder of how the Party controls the past.
'Can't repeat the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!' - Great Gatsby quote In Past

‘I wouldn’t ask too much of her,’ I ventured. ‘You can’t repeat the past.’
‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’
He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand.

– F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby. Chapter 6, Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. Gatsby dreams that he can repeat the past, and make Daisy love him completely once again. But the reality is Daisy is married to Tom and to his money.
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