I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, p…

Vladimir Nabokov
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I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lolita, p.171, Hamilton Books
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I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lolita, p.171, Hamilton Books

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