Nabokov

Famous quotes containing the word nabokov:

    Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    Mr. Goodman’s large soft pinkish face was, and is, remarkably like a cow’s udder.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    Between here and that old car outside there are twenty-five paces. Make them. Now.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)