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“My maturing of a theme would already be a cantabile aria— so let somebody else make another song— the song of the maturing of my quartet. This is before the maturing. The melody would be the fact.”
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“She wanted out of that decorating scheme.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“Everything in the world is beautiful, but Man only recognizes beauty if he sees it either seldom or from afar. Listen, today we are gods! Our blue shadows are enormous! We move in a gigantic, joyful world!”
― The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
― The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
“Forgive this breaking body as you forgive the star, the star whispering in the wind when the star is no more. Forgive this secret none can tell. None can tell and live.”
― Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
― Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
“Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very short walk. Make those twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. And we shall live happily ever after. ”
― Lolita
― Lolita
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
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