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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes: For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me.
         

For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me.


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The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.



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I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.



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