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Sea’s Mystery

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The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Human Pain

In Fiction, Literary
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The only real numbers are the numbers of human pain.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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Simple Loathings

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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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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Curiosity Equals Insubordination

In Comic Novel, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pnin
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Obsolete Future

In Fiction, Literary
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The future is but the obsolete in reverse.

Vladimir Nabokov – Pale Fire
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