Famous quotes containing the word nabokov:
“... and the next summer she died in childbirth.
Thats all. Of course, there may be some sort of sequel but it is not known to me. In such cases instead of getting bogged down in guesswork, I repeat the words of the merry king in my favorite fairy tale: Which arrow flies for ever? The arrow that has hit its mark.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Dostoevski is not a great writer, but a rather mediocre onewith flashes of excellent humor, but, alas, with wastelands of literary platitudes in between.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Humbert Humbert. What a thrillingly different name.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
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