Nabokov

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“Today one does not hear much about him.... The fame of his likes circulates briskly but soon grows heavy and stale; and as for history it will limit his life story to the dash between two dates.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Isn’t it great to have a lovely, tall, pretty, little, small daughter like that? It’s really wonderful.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“The train was now going fast. Franz suddenly clutched his side, transfixed by the thought that he had lost his wallet which contained so much.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)