Nabokov

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“The best part of a writer’s biography is not the record of his adventures but the story of his style.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Amidst the dust, and the falling things, and the flapping scenery, Cincinnatus made his way in that direction where, to judge by the voices, stood beings akin to him.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)