Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical. ✨…

Vladimir Nabokov
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Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lolita, p.60, Hamilton Books
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