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("Pale Fire")


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Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra - these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known
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Words without experience are meaningless.
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I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.
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It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
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It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
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Who can say what heartbreaks are caused in a dog by our discontinuing a romp?
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