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
Word Burrowing In Fiction, Literary W Let us not burrow and delve beneath a word for a larva or a corpse. Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire Purchase Now
Life and Death Sunrise In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction L Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin Purchase Now
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
Complacency Shattered In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction C Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained. Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin Purchase Now
Human Consciousness In Fiction, Literary H 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 Purchase Now
