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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Born: Apr 22, 1899
Died: Jul 2, 1977

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Darkness, Light, Abyss, Sense, Our, Tells, Above, Between, Existence, Rocks, Crack, Cradle, Common, Common Sense, Us, Brief, Two

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