Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007297, Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:20:22 -0800

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From: "s~Z" <keithsz@concentric.net>
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> When a girl starts to speak like a novelette, all you need is a little
> patience.

--HARLEQUINS (p. 28, Vintage ppb)
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EDNOTE. Ah...but the sentence before is even better (it's Vadim & Iris at
the beach):

"The irridescence came from atoms of quartz."
Certainly a harlequin -- albeit inaccurate since quartz is not n
element.