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Quotation by Vladimir Nabokov
The bald little prompter shuts his book, as the light fades gently. The end, the end. They all go back to their everyday life (and Clare goes back to her grave)Mbut the hero remains, for try as I may, I cannot get out of my part: Sebastian's mask clings to my face, the likeness will not be washed off. I am Sebastian, or Sebastian is I, or perhaps we are both someone whom neither of us knows.
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Russian-born U.S. novelist, poet. Sebastian, in The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, ch. 20 (1941).
The book's ending.
The book's ending.
Surprise me with a
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