I am surrounded by some sort of wretched specters, not by people. They…

Vladimir Nabokov
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I am surrounded by some sort of wretched specters, not by people. They torment me as can torment only senseless visions, bad dreams, dregs of delirium, the drivel of nightmares and everything that passes down here for real life. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2012). Invitation to a Beheading, p.29, Penguin UK
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