Vladimir NabokovHuman life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece
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The quote “Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece” was written by the American writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. He was referring to the very idea of life, and how we should never forget how important it is to appreciate and understand what we have while we have it.
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