“And the rest is rust and stardust.”

—  Vladimir Nabokov , book Lolita

Variant: I shall be dumped where the weed decays, And the rest is rust and stardust
Source: Lolita

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Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor 1899–1977

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