And I want to rise up, throw my arms open for a vast embrace, address …

Vladimir Nabokov
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And I want to rise up, throw my arms open for a vast embrace, address an ample, luminous discourse to the invisible crowds. I would start like this: O rainbow-colored gods. . . ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2011). The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, p.50, Vintage
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And I want to rise up, throw my arms open for a vast embrace, address an ample, luminous discourse to the invisible crowds. I would start like this: O rainbow-colored gods. . . ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2011). The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, p.50, Vintage

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