A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much…

Vladimir Nabokov
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A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2017). Lectures on Literature, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2017). Lectures on Literature, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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