The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thou…

Vladimir Nabokov
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The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1960). Invitation to a beheading: a novel, Putnam Adult
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The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1960). Invitation to a beheading: a novel, Putnam Adult

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