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[T]he cherub, alas, proved to be pasted on tough gingerbread which
[T]he cherub, alas, proved to be pasted on tough gingerbread which was too hard for many to bite into. – Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift, 1963, translated from Russian by Michael Scammell

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