Knowledge: An Island In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction K Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin Purchase Now Pnin Vladimir Nabokov FacebookXPinterestEmailLinkedInWhatsApp
Writers as Historians In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction W Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may. Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin Purchase Now
Crying: Beauty’s Refuge In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction C Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones. Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin Purchase Now
Praise in Pity In Fiction, Literary P Pity is a kind of praise; and when we pity, we praise. Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire Purchase Now
Against Happy Endings In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction A Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin Purchase Now
Unfinished Masterpiece In Fiction, Literary U Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece. Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire Purchase Now
