Mnemosyne, one must admit, has shown herself to be a very careless gir…

Vladimir Nabokov
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Mnemosyne, one must admit, has shown herself to be a very careless girl. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1989). Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
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