Nabokov

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“... the compensation for a death sentence is knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die. A great luxury, but one that is well earned.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Doom should not jam.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“With a condescending grin he offered his hand, hardly bothering to sit up. I grasped it only because it provided me with the curious sensation of Narcissus fooling Nemesis by helping his image out of the brook.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)