Books Quote by Vladimir Nabokov Download Open image ““Zembla is a site devoted to the life and works of author, translator, and lepidopterist.”” — Vladimir Nabokov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Life
“Gaia spoke in a complex language of predator and prey, of growth and dormancy, of birth and migration, of seasonal change, of storms, of… — Linda Nagata Copy Share Image
“Historia naszego życia, a czasem i śmierci, jest zapisana w kościach.” — Simon Beckett Copy Share Image
“The world is a book of many pages waiting to be read. The self is a library of ancient tomes written in languages you… — Gregory V. Diehl Copy Share Image
“As a writer, one spends a lifetime journeying into the heart of language, trying to minimize, if not eliminate, the distance between language and… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“I want to type one of my books into a free online translation website, and convert it from English to German and then publish… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“The live without understanding the meaning of the world is more like a stroll in the great library of books without touching” — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Translators who choose to work on canonized writers can usually lean on an extensive critical apparatus around either the author or the book in… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“Passion for books is the most important thing in being an editor/translator. Work with love.” — Listiana Srisanti Copy Share Image
“A person who goes along with everything is reffered to as a renouncer [of worldly life] (tyaagi).” — Dada Bhagwan 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
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image