Later, Gatsby is distressed because Daisy won't disavow the past. Gatsby believes his life with Daisy should pick up where it had left off. He fails to understand or even acknowledge the importance of Daisy's experiences during their time apart. Nick reminds Gatsby that the past can't be repeated but Gatsby doesn't buy it. "Can't repeat the past?” He cried increduously. “Why of course you can!" (Fitzgerald 116). Nick notes that Gatsby talked a lot about the past and that it seemed like he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself, perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy.