Nabokov

Famous quotes containing the word nabokov:

“I had been living in Berlin since 1922, thus synchronously with the young man of the book; but neither this fact, nor my sharing some of his interests, such as literature and lepidoptera, should make one say “aha” and identify the designer with the design.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Doom should not jam.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)