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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface

A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past. – Vladimir Nabokov

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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. – Vladimir Nabokov

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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and its in the public arena, but that doesnt entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here. – Francesca Annis

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Our poverty will be brought home to us to its full extent only after the war. – Joseph A. Schumpeter

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Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home. – Matt Blunt

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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: Ill do this for now, but Im really a drummer. Thats what Ill put on my passport application. – Jack White

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