Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew e…

Vladimir Nabokov
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Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (1970). Mary: A Novel, Vintage Books
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Words without experience are meaningless. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2011). The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated, p.255, Vintage
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She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. ✨ … ▶
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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

Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (1970). Mary: A Novel, Vintage Books

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