Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind. - Vladimir Nabokov

The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book. - Vladimir Nabokov

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense. - Vladimir Nabokov

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea. - Vladimir Nabokov

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. - Vladimir Nabokov

Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. - Vladimir Nabokov

Solitude is the play field of Satan. - Vladimir Nabokov

She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms, she was always Lolita. - Vladimir Nabokov

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game. - Vladimir Nabokov

Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution. - Vladimir Nabokov

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