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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “Come and be worshiped, come and be caressed, 270  My dark Vanessa, crimson-barred, my blest
    My Admirable butterfly! Explain
    How could you, in the gloam of Lilac Lane,
    Have let uncouth, hysterical John Shade
    Blubber your face, and ear, and shoulder blade?”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling me increases. Somewhere they live, somewhere they multiply. I alone do not exist.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov
    tags: existentialism, mirror, nabokov
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “Don't touch me; I'll die if you touch me.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
    tags: lolita, love, nabokov, vladimir-nabokov
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov
    tags: nabokov, pale-fire, vladimir-nabokov
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov
    tags: air, art, mother, nabokov, paint, painter, vladimir
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “I cannot separate the aesthetic pleasure of seeing a butterfly and the scientific pleasure of knowing what it is.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov
    tags: ecology, etymology, interview, latin-names, linnaeus, nabokov, nature, scientific-names, sports-illustrated
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  • #7
    “Don’t do drugs, don’t have unprotected sex, don’t be violent. Leave that to me.”
    ― Eminem
    tags: eminem
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  • #8
    “If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.”
    ― Eminem
    tags: enemies
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  • #9
    “I can't tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.”
    ― Eminem
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  • #10
    “Behind every sucessful person lies a pack of haters”
    ― Eminem
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  • #11
    “Sometimes I'm real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that.”
    ― Eminem
    tags: lifestyle
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  • #12
    “If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.”
    ― Eminem
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  • #13
    “I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that!”
    ― Eminem
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  • #14
    “Why be a king,when you can be a god?”
    ― Eminem
    tags: lyrics
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  • #15
    “You don't get another chance. Life is no Nintendo game.”
    ― Eminem
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  • #16
    “Unless you want to fuck me, why do you care what I look like?”
    ― Eminem
    tags: appearances
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  • #17
    “I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.”
    ― Eminem
    tags: be-yourself, true-colors, unapologetic
    18 likes

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  • #18
    “The only time you should ever look back, is to see how far you've come.”
    ― Bangtan Boys, Butterfly
    tags: bts, butterfly, kpop
    333 likes

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  • #19
    “Don't be trapped in someone else's dream.”
    ― Taehyung
    tags: bts, dream, kim-taehyung, taehyung, v
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  • #20
    “Effort makes you. You will regret someday if you don’t do your best now. Don’t think it’s too late but keep working on it. It may take time, but there’s nothing that gets worse due to practising. So practise. You may get depressed, but its evidence that you are doing good.”
    ― Jeon Jungkook
    tags: bangtan-boys, bts, jeon-jungkook, jungkook, k-pop
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  • #21
    “Living without passion is like being dead.”
    ― Jeon Jungkook
    tags: bangtan-boys, bts, jeon-jungkook, jungkook, k-pop
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  • #22
    Albert Camus
    “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, happiness, meaning-of-life
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    Albert Camus
    “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: seasons, strength, trial, triumph
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    Albert Camus
    “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy
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  • #25
    Albert Camus
    “Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source
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  • #26
    Albert Camus
    “But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
    ― Albert Camus
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