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I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Vladimir Nabokov
Age: 77 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1977
Died: January 1
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St. Petersburg
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