The fact that Fitzgerald ends the whole story with this profound quote makes it one of the main theme or moral of the story: despite efforts to move forward from the past, it is difficult and almost impossible for one to pass the past. One example would be Gatsby. He tells Nick that "[he is] going to fix everything just the way it was before" (110), an attempt to have a relationship with Daisy similar to his previous one. However, the ending of the story, Daisy leaving Gatsby and Gatsby getting killed provide for the impossibility to go beyond what was in the past. They do not end up together but rather the story is almost back to normal: Daisy is back with Tom, and Gatsby is not part of Daisy's life anymore just like the four years she has