There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.
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Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.Vladimir Nabokov
I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.
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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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To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.
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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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