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The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished

The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished masterpiece. – Vladimir Nabokov

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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. – Vladimir Nabokov

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Art
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Vladimir Nabokov
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It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but it is still harder to exceed my loathing of the very nature of totalitarian states in which massacre is only an administrative detail. – Vladimir Nabokov

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Nature
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A life lived with integrity – even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come. – Denis Waitley

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Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. – Paulo Coelho

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Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. – Isak Dinesen

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Ive always taken The Wizard of Oz very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And Ive spent my entire life trying to get over it. – Judy Garland

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