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Vladimir Nabokov

“A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle even though we must keep a little aloof, a little detached when reading.”

Vladimir Nabokov, Lectures on Literature
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