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All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Vladimir Nabokov
Age: 77 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1977
Died: January 1
Autobiographer
Chess Composer
Chess Player
Journalist
Lepidopterist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
St. Petersburg
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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There he stood, in the camouflage of sun and shade, disfigured by them and masked by his own nakedness.
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Style and Structure are the essence of a book great ideas are hogwash.
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Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
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