Butterflies (1948)

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Butterflies (1948)

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Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 2 years ago

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Vladimir Nabokov’s Butterflies

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I discovered in nature the nonutilitarian delights that I sought in art. Both were a form of magic, both were a game of intricate enchantment and deception.

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