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Human Consciousness

In Fiction, Literary
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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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Complacency Shattered

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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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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Tongue Trip

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The tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Knowledge: An Island

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

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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Loathing Simplicity

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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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