There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, …

Vladimir Nabokov
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There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1996). Novels, 1955-1962, Library of America
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There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1996). Novels, 1955-1962, Library of America

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