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Crying: Beauty’s Refuge

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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Happiness in Colors

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All colors made me happy: even gray.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Complacency Shattered

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Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Imagination’s Memory Link

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Imagination is a form of memory.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Human Consciousness

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How small the cosmos (a kangaroo’s pouch would hold it), how paltry and puny in comparison to human consciousness, to a single recollection, and its expression in words!

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Time: The Perfect Author

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Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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