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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

Vladimir Nabokov quotes

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

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All the seven deadly sins are peccadilloes but without three of them, Pride, Lust, and Sloth, poetry might never have been born. Vladimir Nabokov
Occasionally, in the middle of a conversation her name would be mentioned, and she would run down the steps of a chance sentence, without turning her head. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world..."
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Today our unsophisticated cameras record in their own way our..."
Today our unsophisticated cameras record in their own way our hastily assembled and painted world. Vladimir Nabokov
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being..."
Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "I always call him Lewis Carroll Carroll, because he was the..."
I always call him Lewis Carroll Carroll, because he was the first Humbert Humbert. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Solitude was corrupting me. I needed company and care."
Solitude was corrupting me. I needed company and care. Vladimir Nabokov
The general impression is that fifteen year-old Dolly remains morbidly uninterested in sexual matters, or to be exact, represses her curiosity in order to save her ignorance and self-dignity. Vladimir Nabokov
Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal to being a fool. Vladimir Nabokov
...eventually, however, a distraught McCoo in wet clothes turned up at the only hotel of green-and-pink Ramsdale with the news that his house had just burned down - possibly, owing to the synchronous conflagration that had been raging all night in my veins. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "All great novels are great fairy tales."
All great novels are great fairy tales. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Leave your incidental Dick."
Leave your incidental Dick. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Wanted, wanted: Dolores Haze. Hair: brown. Lips: scarlet. Age:..."
Wanted, wanted: Dolores Haze. Hair: brown. Lips: scarlet. Age: five thousand three hundred days. Vladimir Nabokov
And presently I was driving through the drizzle of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in full action but unable to cope with my tears. Vladimir Nabokov

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