The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. (Vladimir Nabokov)

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.

Vladimir Nabokov

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