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Me Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
- All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter.
- You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a…
- I sometimes used to ask myself, what on earth did I love her for? Maybe fore the warm hazel iris of her fluffy eyes, or…
- All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they Took photographs.
- The road now stretched across open country, and it occured to me - not by way of protest, not as a symbol, or anything like…
- but that mimosa grove - the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little girl…
- There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor a writer of…
- Long after her death I felt her thoughts floating through mine. Long before we met we had had the same dreams. We compared notes. We…
- There was a time in my demented youth When somehow I suspected that the truth About survival after death was known To every human being:…
- Measure me while I live - after it will be too late.
- She had spent all her life in feeling miserable; this misery was her native element; its fluctuations, its varying depths, alone save her the impression…
- Whenever I start thinking of my love for a person, I am in the habit of immediately drawing radii from my love - from my…
- I am surrounded by some sort of wretched specters, not by people. They torment me as can torment only senseless visions, bad dreams, dregs of…
- She would try to relieve the pain of love by first roughly rubbing her dry lips against mine; then my darling would draw away with…
- But that mimosa grove-the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little girl with her…
- Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me; try to discern the doe in me, trembling in the forest of my…
- Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical.
- …my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own”; and it struck me, as my automaton…
- For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling…
- Solitude was corrupting me.
- Don't touch me; I'll die if you touch me.
- It all ended with the circuslikewhump of a monstrous box on the ear with which I knocked down the traitress who rolled up in a…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale