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Vladimir Nabokov
“Who can say what heartbreaks are caused in a dog by our discontinuing a romp?”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov
“Whenever in my dreams I see the dead, they always appear silent, bothered, strangely depressed, quite unlike their dear, bright selves. I am aware of them, without any astonishment, in surroundings they never visited during their earthly existence, in the house of some friend of mine they never knew. They sit apart, frowning at the floor, as if death were a dark taint, a shameful family secret. It is certainly not then - not in dreams - but when one is wide awake, at moments of robust joy and achievement, on the highest terrace of consciousness, that mortality has a chance to peer beyond its own limits, from the mast, from the past and its castle tower. And although nothing much can be seen through the mist, there is somehow the blissful feeling that one is looking in the right direction.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory

Vladimir Nabokov
“Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov
“Suddenly for no earthly reason I felt immensely sorry for him and longed to say something real, something with wings and a heart, but the birds I wanted settled on my shoulders and head only later when I was alone and not in need of words.”
Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

Vladimir Nabokov
“I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.”
Vladimir Nabokov

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