The pleasures of writing correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“She is a great gobbler of books, but reads only trash, memorizing nothing and leaving out the longer descriptions.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“But after all we are not children, not illiterate juvenile delinquents, not English public school boys who after a night of homosexual… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“We are liable to miss the best of life if we do not know how to tingle, if we do not learn… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Doom is nigh. I am in acute distress, desperately trying to coax sleep, opening my eyes every few seconds to check their… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“I am aware of many things being quite as important as good writing and good reading; but in all things it is… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Many accepted authors simply do not exist for me. Their names are engraved on empty graves, their books are dummies, they are… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“We are absurdly accustomed to the miracle of a few written signs being able to contain immortal imagery, involutions of thought, new… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“In reading, one should notice and fondle details. There is nothing wrong about the moonshine of generalization when it comes after the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Ami azt illeti, Vannak kezdtek nagyon tetszeni a fák is, a csodák is meg az Adák is.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“It isn’t possible. I cannot imagine it. Come on over here, you foolish little doe, and tell me on what day I shall die.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Precautions to be taken in the case Of freak reincarnation: what to do On suddenly discovering that you Are now a young and vulnerable… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
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