There is the first satisfaction of arranging it on a bit of paper; after many, many false tries, … - Vladimir Nabokov

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The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people, and don't come in clearly enough.

Vladimir Nabokov

There is the first satisfaction of arranging it on a bit of paper; after many, many false tries, false moves, finally you have the sentence you recognize as the one you are looking for.

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I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.

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Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

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Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.

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Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.

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It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.

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