"The day, like the previous days, dragged sluggishly……" — Vladimir Nabokov
"The day, like the previous days, dragged sluggishly by in a kind of insipid idleness, devoid even of that dreamy expectancy which can make idleness so enchanting."
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Vladimir Nabokov
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269 Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
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