Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor
Speak, Memory: A Memoir (1951)
“I see again my schoolroom in Vyra, the blue roses of the wallpaper, the open window.… Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.”
— Vladimir Nabokov, book Speak, Memory
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