Nabokov

Famous quotes containing the word nabokov:

    You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    That Dali is really Norman Rockwell’s twin brother kidnapped by gypsies in babyhood.
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    Oh Lolita, you are my girl, as Vee was Poe’s and Bea Dante’s, and what little girl would not like to whirl in a circular skirt and scanties?
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)