Vladimir Nabokov quote: A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exact ...

A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he was eating a large fish - but there was no diamond inside. That’s what I like about ...

~ Vladimir Nabokov ~

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A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exa...

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