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Vladimir Nabokov
“We had been everywhere. We had really seen nothing. And I catch myself thinking today that our long journey had only defiled with a sinuous trail of slime the lovely, trustful, dreamy, enormous country that by then, in retrospect, was no more to us than a collection of dog-eared maps, ruined tour books, old tires, and her sobs in the night — every night, every night — the moment I feigned sleep.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov
“I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.”
Nabokov Vladimi, Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov
“I have often noticed that we are inclined to endow our friends with the stability of type that literary characters acquire in the reader's mind. [...] Whatever evolution this or that popular character has gone through between the book covers, his fate is fixed in our minds, and, similarly, we expect our friends to follow this or that logical and conventional pattern we have fixed for them. Thus X will never compose the immortal music that would clash with the second-rate symphonies he has accustomed us to. Y will never commit murder. Under no circumstances can Z ever betray us. We have it all arranged in our minds, and the less often we see a particular person, the more satisfying it is to check how obediently he conforms to our notion of him every time we hear of him. Any deviation in the fates we have ordained would strike us as not only anomalous but unethical. We could prefer not to have known at all our neighbor, the retired hot-dog stand operator, if it turns out he has just produced the greatest book of poetry his age has seen.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Stieg Larsson
“Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are.”
Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Markus Zusak
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

year in books
Abhinav...
1 book | 22 friends

Sonamgy...
8 books | 97 friends

Satkar ...
7 books | 35 friends

Sahiba ...
2 books | 179 friends

Ajay Ga...
2 books | 33 friends

Nishtha...
1 book | 304 friends

Shubham...
3 books | 74 friends

Neeraj ...
1 book | 21 friends

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