Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disd…

Vladimir Nabokov
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Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disdainful of hearing aids? ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lolita, p.152, Hamilton Books
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