A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.
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Treading the soil of the moon, palpating 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... this is the only thing I can say about the matter. The utilitarian results do not interest me.Vladimir Nabokov
I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst.
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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
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Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.
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Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
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