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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Death: | July 2, 1977 |
Educated At: | Trinity College |
Nationality: | United States Of America, Russian Empire |
Occupations: | Novelist, Professor, University Teacher, Autobiographer, Science Fiction Writer |
Spouse: | Vera Nabokova |
Total quotes: 153
Vladimir Nabokov
BirthnameDeath: July 2, 1977
Educated At: Trinity College
Nationality: United States Of America, Russian Empire
Occupations: Novelist, Professor, University Teacher, Autobiographer, Science Fiction Writer
Spouse: Vera Nabokova
Total quotes: 153
“I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.”
Tagged:
Motivational, Existence
“Reader must understand that in the possession and thralldom of a nymphet the enchanted traveler stands, as it were, beyond happiness.”
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Sexual/Love Transcendence
“Banks of mist still crossed the blue of the mountains beyond the lake, but here and there a peak was tipped with ocher under the cloudless turquoise of the sky.”
Tagged:
Blue, Clear Skies
“Does the ravage and outrage of age deplored by poets tell the naturalist of Time anything about Time’s essence? Very little.”
Tagged:
Hating Time Does Little
“I dreamt of you last night – as if I was playing the piano and you were turning the pages for me.”
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Vladimir + Vera
“Was she really pretty, at twelve? Did he want— would he ever want to caress her, to really caress her? Was she really beautiful? Was she at least what they call attractive? She was exasperation, she was torture.”
Tagged:
beauty
“She was a clinging little soul, docile and gentle. Her love was of the lily variety; but now and then it burst into flame and at such times Albinus was deluded into thinking that he had no need of any other love-mate.”
Tagged:
Love, Love Delusions
“All of this is as unsure as writing on water, but water with the azure of reflected possibilities.”
Tagged:
Uncertainty, Azure
“You came into my life — not as one comes to visit … but as one comes to a kingdom where all the rivers have been waiting for your reflection, all the roads, for your steps.”
Tagged:
Vladimir + Vera
“I love you, my sun, my life, I love your eyes — closed — all the little tails of your thoughts, your stretchy vowels, your whole soul from head to heels.”
Tagged:
Vladimir + Vera
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