Famous quotes containing the word nabokov:
“Dostoevski is not a great writer, but a rather mediocre one—with flashes of excellent humor, but, alas, with wastelands of literary platitudes in between.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Humbert Humbert. What a thrillingly different name.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)