Nabokov

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    To think that between a Hamburger and a Humburger, she would—invariably, with icy precision—plump for the former.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    Humbert Humbert. What a thrillingly different name.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    Anton Petrovich turned into the passage, followed the arrow to men, mankind, human beings, marched past the toilet, past the kitchen, gave a start when a cat darted under his feet, quickened his step, reached the end of the passage, pushed open a door, and a shower of sunlight splashed his face.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)