Nabokov

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    The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    With a condescending grin he offered his hand, hardly bothering to sit up. I grasped it only because it provided me with the curious sensation of Narcissus fooling Nemesis by helping his image out of the brook.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    The beginner’s well-known propensity for obtruding upon his own privacy, by introducing himself, or a vicar, into his first novel, owes less to the attraction of a ready theme than to the relief of getting rid of oneself, before going on to better things.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)