Nabokov

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“Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name.”
—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)