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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 41064 |
| QUOTATION: | ... the compensation for a death sentence is knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die. A great luxury, but one that is well earned. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Russian-born U.S. novelist, poet. Invitation to a Beheading, ch. 1 (1959). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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