The Great Gatsby

Analyze the following quote and it's importance in the novel.

"He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So, he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete."

Chapter 6, page 119

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In his mind, Gatsby has had nothing more than the dream of Daisy...... their first kiss removed the magic and made it real. He was no longer a god creating his own reality...... he had entered an alternate world where Daisy became his only muse and illusion.

He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.