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Knowing Modesty

In Fiction, Literary
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I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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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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Crying: Beauty’s Refuge

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Swarming Space

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Space is a swarming in the eyes; and time, a singing in the ears.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Artistic Cage

In Fiction, Literary
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We are most artistically caged.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Environment Change

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

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