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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.”

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Russian-born American novelist, best known for his novel 'Lolita'. Nabokov is renowned for his unique literary style and profound use of language and symbolism. more

“The act of sending a letter is an act of generosity, even if, in retrospect, it might seem reckless. Why regret one's generosity? Why regret one's impulsiveness, one's misjudgment of others? The inevitable discovery that someone is selling letters you'd written in trust is simply to discover an obvious human truth: there are those who don't cherish us as we'd cherished them, and had wished to be cherished by them.”

Ifs Humans Seems Might Written Regret Discovery Letters Obvious Selling Generosity Inevitable Cherish Reckless Retrospect

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“On the bright side, I'm sure this isn't the last time you'll ever get firebombed, so maybe you'll have better luck next time.”

Lasts Next Sides Luck Last Time Next Time Bright Side

Book:Finger Lickin' Fifteen

Source: Finger Lickin' Fifteen

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.”

World Mind States Feelings Able Happiness Felt Grief Emotion Experience Misery Supreme Novelists Comparison Human Wisdom Monte Cristo Deepest Feelings

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“i am with the roots of flowers entwined, entombed sending up my passionate blossoms as a flight of rockets and argument; wine churls my throat, above me feet walk upon my brain, monkies fall from the sky clutching photographs of the planets, but i seek only music and the leisure of my pain”

Pain Fall Walks Brain Feet Sky Planets Flower Argument Roots Wine Photograph Passionate Flight Throat Leisure Rockets Entwined

Author:Charles Bukowski

“People can't seem to get it through their heads that there is never any healing or closure. Ever. There is only a short pause before the next "horrifying" event. People forget there is such a thing as memory, and that when a wound "heals" it leaves a permanent scar that never goes away, but merely fades a little. What really ought to be said after one of these so-called tragedies is, "Let the scarring begin.”

People Littles Said Seems Next Memories Forget Healing Events Ought Tragedy Wounds Heal Permanent Scar Fades Pauses Closure Scarring

Book:When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

Source: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

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