Remembrance, like Rembrandt, is dark but festive. Remembered ones dress up for the occasion and sit still. Memory is a photo-studio de luxe on an infinite Fifth Power Avenue. Vladimir Nabokov More Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov More Quotes From Vladimir Nabokov I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov fallenforever It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot. Vladimir Nabokov hikingjourneyfame I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard of young female poodles being given that name since 1956, but of no human beings. Vladimir Nabokov daughternamespeople And what is death, if not a face at peace - its artistic perfection. Vladimir Nabokov artisticperfectionfaces for better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word. Vladimir Nabokov commentatorslast-wordslasts Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disdainful of hearing aids? Vladimir Nabokov hearinglittlespeople Burn pedants in pale fire. Accept no fashions. Be your own fashion. Do not rely on earlier triumphs. Be new at each appearance. Vladimir Nabokov fashionfirelife Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very short walk. Make those twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. And we shall live happily ever after. Vladimir Nabokov life-is-shortcartwenties In reading, one should notice and fondle details. Vladimir Nabokov detailsreadingbook You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go. Vladimir Nabokov As to the rest, I am no more guilty of imitating 'real life' than'real life' is responsible for plagiarizing me. Vladimir Nabokov guiltyreallife-is There is the first satisfaction of arranging it on a bit of paper; after many, many false tries, false moves, finally you have the sentence you recognize as the one you are looking for. Vladimir Nabokov writingtryingmoving We loved each other with a premature love, marked by a fierceness that so often destroys adult lives. Vladimir Nabokov fiercenessprematureadults Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. Vladimir Nabokov butterflypassionmen There is no science without fancy and no art without fact. Vladimir Nabokov fancyfactsart When I receive a new novel from a hopeful publisher - "hoping that I like the book as much as he does" - I check first of all how much dialog there is, and if it looks too abundant or too sustained, I shut the book with a bang. Vladimir Nabokov bangshopefulbook There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. Vladimir Nabokov aeroplanesaphorismairplane I am sentimental,’ she said. ‘I could dissect a koala but not its baby. I like the words damozel, eglantine, elegant. I love when you kiss my elongated white hand. Vladimir Nabokov koalaskissingbaby I don't belong to any club or group. I don't fish, cook, dance, endorse books, sign books, co-sign declarations, eat oysters, get drunk, go to church, go to analysts, or take part in demonstrations. Vladimir Nabokov oystersdrunkbook I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading. Vladimir Nabokov effortreadingmoving
