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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
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Knowing Modesty

In Fiction, Literary
K

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Creature of Habit

In Fiction, Literary
C

Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Eternal Love at Sight

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
E

It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Environment Change

In Fiction, Literary
E

A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Praise in Pity

In Fiction, Literary
P

Pity is a kind of praise; and when we pity, we praise.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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