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...in my dreams the world would come alive, becoming so captivatingly majestic, free and ethereal, that afterwards it would be oppressive to breathe the dust of this painted life.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Dream
Dust
World
Literature, real literature, must not be gulped down like some potion which may be good for the heart or good for the brain—the brain, that stomach of the soul. Literature must be taken and broken to bits, pulled apart, squashed—then its lovely reek will be smelt in the hollow of the palm, it will be munched and rolled upon the tongue with relish; then, and only then, its rare flavor will be appreciated at its true worth and the broken and crushed parts will again come together in your mind and disclose the beauty of a unity to which you have contributed something of your own blood.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Real
Taken
Heart
Why should I tolerate a perfect stranger at the bedside of my mind?
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Perfect
Mind
Stranger
The future is but the obsolete in reverse.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Obsolete
Reverse
For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Mirrors
Phantoms
Time is rhythm: the insect rhythm of a warm humid night, brain ripple, breathing, the drum in my temple—these are our faithful timekeepers; and reason corrects the feverish beat.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Night
Breathing
Faithful
We think not in words but in shadows of words.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Thinking
Shadow
Which arrow flies for ever? The arrow that has hit its mark.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Arrows
Mark
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Girl
Book
Writing
Resemblances are the shadows of differences. Different people see different similarities and similar differences.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Differences
People
Perception
Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Advantage
Disadvantages
My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Heart
SpeakEnglish
Mind
I don't think in any language. I think in images.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Thinking
Language
Words without experience are meaningless.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Meaningless
Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Strong
Spring
Land
For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling me increases. Somewhere they live, somewhere they multiply. I alone do not exist.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Mirrors
Population
Phantoms
Let all of life be an unfettered howl.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
LifeIs
Howl
I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Humble
Knowing
Ego
Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Doom should not jam. The avalanche stopping in its tracks a few feet above the cowering village behaves not only unnaturally but unethically.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Hate
Feet
People
Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
― Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Dream
Educational
Snow
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