Nabokov

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“Mr. Goodman’s large soft pinkish face was, and is, remarkably like a cow’s udder.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“The train was now going fast. Franz suddenly clutched his side, transfixed by the thought that he had lost his wallet which contained so much.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“A philistine is a full-grown person whose interests are of a material and commonplace nature, and whose mentality is formed of the stock ideas and conventional ideals of his or her group and time.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)