“Why did I hope we would be happy abroad? A change of environment is that traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.”

—  Vladimir Nabokov , book Lolita

Variant: A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.
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Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor 1899–1977

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