“Oh, don't cry, I'm so sorry I cheated so much, but that's the way things are.”

— Vladimir Nabokov, book Lolita

Variant: Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.
Source: Lolita

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Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor 1899–1977

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