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  5. I am sentimental,’ she said. ‘I could dissect a koala but...

I am sentimental,’ she said. ‘I could dissect a koala but not its baby. I like the words damozel, eglantine, elegant. I love when you kiss my elongated white hand.

Vladimir Nabokov
Baby, Kissing, Koalas
Vladimir Nabokov (2012). “Ada or Ardor”, p.94, Penguin UK
I am sentimental,’ she said. ‘I could dissect a koala but not its baby. I like the words damozel, eglantine, elegant. I love when you kiss my elongated white hand.