The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our ex…

Vladimir Nabokov
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. ✨ Speak, Memory (1951) ch. 1
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. ✨ Speak, Memory (1951) ch. 1

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