Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece. Vladimir Nabokov existencefootnotemasterpiece Change image and share on social
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. Vladimir Nabokov deathgreatlife Change image and share on social
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. Vladimir Nabokov abruptlyartificialbestow Change image and share on social
You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Vladimir Nabokov countfancymurderer Change image and share on social
Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution. Vladimir Nabokov perilousrevelationrevolution Change image and share on social
No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has. Vladimir Nabokov authorcharacterchekhov Change image and share on social
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind. Vladimir Nabokov authorchancecharacter Change image and share on social
Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it. Vladimir Nabokov completelypastrevive Change image and share on social
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Vladimir Nabokov abysscommoncrack Change image and share on social
