Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.
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Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac) and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as ''nymphets.''Vladimir Nabokov
The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.
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Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
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Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm.
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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
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The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
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