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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

Vladimir Nabokov quotes

American Novelist, Writer April 22, 1899 – July 2, 1977

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Vladimir Nabokov quote: "I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is..."
I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is poisoning everything else. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "You talk like a book."
You talk like a book. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "All the information I have about myself is from forged documents."
All the information I have about myself is from forged documents. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "The stars that sparkled, and the cars that parkled, and the..."
The stars that sparkled, and the cars that parkled, and the bars, and the barmen, were presently taken over by her Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea."
The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea. Vladimir Nabokov
A thousand years ago five minutes were. Equal to forty ounces of fine sand. Outstare the stars. Infinite foretime and. Infinite aftertime: above your head. They close like giant wings, and you are dead. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the..."
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "One is always at home in one's past..."
One is always at home in one's past... Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known..."
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. Vladimir Nabokov
I had always thought that wringing one’s hands was a fictional gesture — the obscure outcome, perhaps, of some medieval ritual; but as I took to the woods, for a spell of despair and desperate meditation, this was the gesture (“look, Lord, at these chains!”) that would have come nearest to the mute expression of my mood. Vladimir Nabokov
The two lads were told to wash their hands. The recent thrill of adventure had been superseded by another sort of excitement. They locked themselves up. The tap ran unheeded. Both were in a manly state and moaning like doves. Vladimir Nabokov
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns. Vladimir Nabokov
It is strange that the tactile sense, which is so infinitely less precious to men than sight, becomes at critical moments our main, if not only, handle to reality. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author,..."
I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "The problem lies not with the characters within the novel, but..."
The problem lies not with the characters within the novel, but with the reader itself. Vladimir Nabokov

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