Although I could never get used to the constant state of anxiety in wh…

Vladimir Nabokov
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Although I could never get used to the constant state of anxiety in which the guilty, the great, and the tenderhearted live, I felt I was doing my best in the way of mimicry. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lolita, p.103, Hamilton Books
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Although I could never get used to the constant state of anxiety in which the guilty, the great, and the tenderhearted live, I felt I was doing my best in the way of mimicry. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lolita, p.103, Hamilton Books

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