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  1. Vladimir Nabokov _ Mary

    He was powerless because he had no precise desire, and this tortured him because he was vainly seeking something to desire.
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  2. Vladimir Nabokov _ Mary

    Where is the happiness, the sunshine, where are those thick skittles of wood which crashed and bounced so nicely, where is my bicycle with the low handlebars and the big gear? It seems there's a law which says that nothing ever vanishes, that matter is indestructible; therefore the chips from my skittles and the spokes of my bicycle still exist somewhere to this day. The pity of it is that I'll never find them again - never.
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  3. Vladimir Nabokov _ Mary

    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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  4. Vladimir Nabokov _ Mary

    ...memory can restore to life everything except smells, although nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.
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  5. Vladimir Nabokov _ Mary

    He was powerless because he had no precise desire, and this tortured him because he was vainly seeking something to desire. He could not even make himself stretch out his hand to switch on the light. The simple transition from intention to action seemed an unimaginable miracle.
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  6. Vladimir Nabokov _ Mary

    Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.
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