I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever publis…

Vladimir Nabokov
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I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1973). Strong opinions, McGraw-Hill Companies
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