I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoa…

Vladimir Nabokov
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I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1973). Strong opinions, McGraw-Hill Companies
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